While enduring the effect of his gold-digging girlfriend's deception, and then being made redundant from a job he loves, Luke Harvey fears he is losing the ability to cope. With the help of Dr Soothe and a windfall inheritance, Luke changes the course of his life. He buys a house with a mysteriously benevolent atmosphere and decides to publish the thriller he wrote years before. But his cherished solitude is challenged when Ellie Vernon comes into his life.