When Emma Vaile's parents leave on a mysterious business trip, it gives her the perfect excuse to be a rebellious teen - throw some parties, get a tattoo (or maybe just a piercing) and enjoy the first few weeks of senior high. Then her best friend stops talking to her, the police crash her party and Emma finds herself in the hands of a new guardian - her college-age 'knight in J.Crew armour,' Bennett Stern - and on a plane to his museum-like mansion in New England. After enrolling at The Thatcher Academy, Emma settles in by making friends with the popular legacy crowd. But she can't shake the strange visions that are haunting her. She has memories of The Thatcher Academy that she can't explain, as if she's returning home to a place she's never been. Emma doesn't trust anyone any more - except maybe Bennett. But he's about to reveal a ghostly secret to her. One that will explain the visions...and make Emma fear for her life.