Addison Blackwell was everything a young lady should be, and more. Thanks to her father who encouraged her "unladylike" interests, including how to run an estate. She had everything she could have wanted, two older brothers, Jack and Daniel, who she adored, and a father that didn't try to smother her wild nature. However, life took a devastating turn. Addison's father died after two years of fighting an illness and during that time both her brothers became more and more distant.

After the funeral, Jack and Daniel left without a second thought for Addison. While mourning the death of her father and the distance her brothers put between them, Addison stumbled across something that nearly cost her her life. A few weeks later something else happened, leaving Addison plagued with anxiety when around strangers. Reaching out to her brothers with no response, Addison was left with no other choice but to put everything she had into running the estate on her own.

A year later Addison was still wrestling with the effects of her anxiety and the inability to trust. So when her brothers come back home unexpectedly for a house party, Addison is thrown off balance. Struggling with her anxiety and the expectations of the party guests, Addison finds an unexpected ally in Lord Ashton Fenwick, Daniel's friend.

Realizing she is beginning to have feelings for the handsome Lord Fenwick, Addison is determined to fight them knowing it will only lead to getting hurt again. But when the ghosts from her past come back to finish what they started, Addison is forced to face some of her biggest fears: the men trying to kill her and trusting someone with her heart.