Dani Trent escapes from a controlling boyfriend and believes she's safe in her new apartment in Salem, Massachusetts, a charming city with an infamous past. She loves the neighborhood which features a short walk to Pickering Wharf and a welcoming young woman across the hall. Even the unfriendly couple upstairs and the old lady across the street who misses nothing add to Salem's appeal. When the electricity dies, Sam, a handsome electrician, arrives to save the day. Their budding romance develops despite the discovery of a murder nearby and Dani's stalking ex, but can it survive her new roommate, the eighteenth-century owner who never left? He's waited five hundred years and won't be denied.