Former slave Lucy escapes a devastating shipwreck and washes up onto a strange shore. Finding shelter in what she believes to be an old fishing shack, she's visited by a handsome ghost with a tragic history who invites her to be his companion. Intent upon starting a new life as a free woman, she resists him at first. However, Lucy soon realizes the weathered house is more than it seems, and is trapped there until she makes a soul-altering choice which will determine her future in this world or the next.