When Judith Rice ran away from home, she thought she severed her abusive mother's hold on her. Seventeen years later, she's settled in a cottage secluded deep in the forests of northern Georgia. Jude believes she's content with the quiet life. But when an enigmatic woman shows up on her doorstep, Jude's tentative peace is threatened by the stranger's presence. The woman is beautiful but unsettling, captivating but uncanny. Caught between her desire for this woman and the violence that seems to simmer just beneath her skin, Jude's past and present clash as the woman stirs up memories that force her to reckon with the violence of her escape years ago.