Renee Rousseau, a young college girl, uncovers shocking secrets of her past in old Cliff High, a seacliff house where her ancestors have lived for 200 years. Secrets that would change her life and send her ordered world down a different path. Sometimes the strong emotions of the past continue to live in the atmosphere where they are comfortable and the phantom listeners who watch silently will be heard from. People are not who they seem to be and even those that are closest sometimes harbor dark secrets. She meets a young doctor and, together, they root out the secrets of Cliff High. Renee is shocked at some of the sins, murders and intrigues that come to light after all the passing years. As the shocking indiscretions emerge, she learns much about many people--including herself.