Darcie Chan, New York Times Bestselling author, invites readers into an idyllic Vermont town, to reveal the women and men behind its pristine white painted doors. Their stories reflect long-hidden secrets, abuse, and the hard-won victories of recovery.

Mary McAllister is a woman of solitude, a recluse, never leaving her house, and mystery to her fellow townspeople. She suffers from a severe social anxiety disorder, due to a past tragedy from her teens. She prefers her horses, books, and her father’s kind love to the outside world. Now, she finds herself suffering from physical and verbal abuse, at the hands of her powerful and violent husband—a man, not as he seemed when they met.

Disfigured by a devastating blow of an abusive husband, Mary McAllister spends almost sixty years secluded in a white marble mansion on a hilltop, overlooking the enchanting Town of Mill River, Vermont. Her links to the outside world are limited: the mail, the media, an elderly priest, with a guilty habit of pilfering spoons, her husband’s grandfather, and a bedroom window with a view of the entire town. She even has someone to pick up her groceries with instructions to leave them at the door.

Most of the residents of Mill River consider the marble mansion, and its occupant eccentric. An arsonist, a covetous nurse, and the endearing village lady who pushes her potions, are among the few who have ever seen Mary. Newcomers to Mill River–a police officer and his daughter and a teacher trying to re-invent herself–are also curious about the reclusive old lady.

Only Father Michael O’Brien knows the real Mary, and the secret she keeps–one that, once revealed, will change all of their lives forever. From a distance, Mary is able to touch the lives of many, with anonymous gifts to those in need, she secretly knows.