miriam has one year to uncover heachley halls unimaginable past and a secret that only women can discoverthe life of a freelance illustrator will never rake in the millions so when twentyeight year old miriam discovers shes the sole surviving heir to her greataunts fortune she cant believe her luck she dreams of selling her poky city flat and buying a studiobut great fortune comes with an unbreakable contract to earn her inheritance miriam must live a year and a day in the decaying heachley hallthe fond memories of visiting the once grand victorian mansion are all she has left of her parents and the million pound inheritance is enough of a temptation to encourage her to live there aloneafter all a years not that long so with the help of a local handyman she begins to transform the housebut the mystery remains why would loving aunt felicity do this to heralone in the hall with her old life miles away miriam is desperate to discover the truth behind felicitys terms miriam believes the answer is hiding in her aunts last possession a lost box but delving into felicity and heachleys long past is going to turn miriams view of the world upside downdoes she dare keep searching and if she does what if she finds something she wasnt seekinghas something tragic happened at heachley hall