Chloe's parents are killed in a tragic boating accident, making her a very wealthy heiress. She now lives alone in an impenetrable fortress on a mountaintop in Boone, North Carolina. That is, she was alone, until a plane crashes into the side of the mountain and the pilot appears on her doorstep, half dead.Chloe doesn't like strangers. She never has.But she can't leave the poor man outside in the snow to freeze.Against her better judgment, she brings him into her home and her feelings for him eventually bloom in the harsh winter landscape.For the first time since her parents' death, she is content with her life.Until the witch arrives.And the fight for survival begins.