Laura File's husband is killed suddenly and she finds herself alienated from her law student son, Gary. She tries to put her life back together in Granton Wisconsin with her closest companion being a big black dog named King. After facing death at the hands of an armed bank robber Laura no longer wants to put off her dream to buy a Scottish lighthouse. She buys Gealach Head Lighthouse on a remote island in the Western Isles of Scotland. On the airplane to her new Scottish home she meets Jim Green who helps her get through the trauma of putting King in the UK's six-month rabies quarantine and volunteers to lend a hand setting up the lighthouse. Frightened and alone she accepts his offer.Arriving in Scotland they hear rumors of danger at the lighthouse. Reassured by Ian Webster the island's police constable, she and Jim move into the lighthouse. Laura and Jim see lights on the beach at night. The police constable finally admits he has been suspicious of the activity around the lighthouse. The danger escalates with the killing of a Custom and Excise man and the ransacking of Laura living quarters at the lighthouse. Danger is everywhere. Laura does not know whom to trust or what to do.Sharma Krauskopf, a world-renowned author of books about lighthouses such as Scottish Lighthouses, Irish Lighthouses, The Last Lighthouse and A Year at the Lighthouse who lives at a remote lighthouse tells this story with sensitivity and realism.