From birth, Jennifer Goodwin had been bounced around in the foster care system until becoming pregnant at the age of seventeen. Now on her own at eighteen and struggling to make ends meet while taking care of her daughter Hope, she learns that she has inherited her biological mother's Victorian mansion in rural central Illinois. As she beings to explore the house, she uncovers strange heirlooms left behind from her family's dark history, ultimately leading her on a dangerous path of self-discovery of who and what she truly is.