A photograph of three young sisters. A forgotten pearl necklace that sends her tumbling through time . . .

Present day: Single mother Elsa Dean is shocked when she inherits a sprawling three-story house from her estranged uncle. Elsa hasn't seen the golden stone facade in over a decade. Then an antique pearl necklace and a black and white photograph hidden behind a secret door in the attic sweep her back into the past. Elsa sees her aunts, the three Merriwell sisters, each make their own terrible choice that will change their family forever . . .

1959: When sixteen-year-old Edie Merriwell finds herself pregnant just as her beloved mother dies suddenly, she has no one to turn to. All she has left is her mother's last gift: a tiny seed pearl on a delicate silver chain. She never takes it off. Her sisters could never understand. And her father is courting a new wife suspiciously quickly. Within a year, gossip about the Merriwell family will reach fever pitch, and none of the sisters will ever live in the beautiful house again.

History repeats itself at this house of pearls and lies. What really happened to Edie and her baby? Elsa has been keeping her own secrets too. Will she be brave enough to confront her tangled history and lay the ghosts of the house to rest for good?