Nate Church lingers on the fringes of life in the small town of Glover, Vermont, tormented by the memories of a troubled childhood. Through a chance meeting, he develops an obsession with Priscilla, the town beauty, and an unlikely affair begins under the nose of her fiancee. But Nate discovers that Priscilla's seemingly perfect life has a dark shadow hanging over it, a shadow that is set to consume them both...