'Stay in the world, Aud... Stay alive inside. Promise me.'

Wracked with grief, Aud Torvingen has retreated from her life in Atlanta to a remote cabin in the middle of Appalachia. Months pass in solitude, until an old friend asks for her help tracking down his missing fiancé, Tammy.

Aud accepts - finding Tammy is easy. The hard part is repairing the damage caused by Tammy's abusive lover Geordie Karp, damage that extends further than she ever imagined. And Aud has demons of her own to face first...