Olivia Hobbs lives a life of clockwork routine—caring for her aging father, working at the elementary school, asking nothing from the world. Until she sees Holly Reese.

Ten years old. Walking alone. Unloved.

Olivia believes she knows what Holly needs. What any child deserves. A stable home. Structure. Unconditional love. The kind of family values Olivia inherited from her own devoted parents—values too precious to let die with her.

So one autumn afternoon, Olivia makes a choice that will bind them together forever.

Locked away in the attic, Holly learns a devastating truth: her parents don't want her back. Now Olivia will raise her as her own daughter. No one will ever know what happened. The transformation from Holly to Molly begins.

But can love born from captivity ever be real?

Or will the truth hiding in this ordinary house destroy them both?