Lauren Vandenbrook

Reeling from the trauma of an abusive husband and father of her son, a mother has fearfully locked away and hidden any sense of it in the basement from her young son. Inevitably, when the boy suddenly discovers it, his juvenile and unguided spirit is tempted to set it free.

During a snowstorm that strands her family at a hotel, attorney Megan runs into her high school sweetheart, Brad, sparking tension as her husband Jim disappears and her daughter Lisa vanishes. Cut off from the outside world and unsure who to trust, Megan must navigate a night of secrets, danger, and her own past to save her family before it’s too late.

A devoted single mother, Constance, struggles to balance her newfound love with Leo and the obsessive, destructive behavior of her son, Anthony, who will go to extreme lengths to keep her to himself.