History never mattered to Peggy until she started living it.

In 1960s Edinburgh, dedicated student nurse Peggy thinks she’s got life figured out: work hard, stick to the rules, and avoid the wrath of the ward sister. But one day, the admittance of a mysterious patient with an unusual request threatens to throw her world into chaos. The dying man gives her his private journals, along with a warning that her future depends on reading them.

When Peggy follows her friend to an antiques shop, the consequences of her decision unfold in a way she never could have imagined. Catapulted into a realm of superstition deep in Scotland’s past, Peggy provokes a ruthless lawyer with the influence to destroy anyone who displeases him.

With her life at stake, can she out-whit her persecutors before it’s too late?