Aboard a steamship sailing across the Atlantic Ocean in 1874, widower John Andrews delights the restless minds of his two children with a tale of courage, hope, war, and true love that begins with the end of the world.

After her fiancé leaves her before their wedding, Madeline goes to Niagara Falls to honeymoon without him. There, she reconnects with her adventurous side, learns to let go, and finds new love.

After a traumatic divorce, a young and promising architect, Ava Westcott, returns to Niagara Falls to confront her nightmares, only to find herself the target of a disturbed local, Wyatt Ross, whose dark history and obsession threaten both their lives.

When a gifted prep school art student vanishes, her devoted teacher discovers a sketchbook filled with haunting drawings of a girl who soon arrives at the school as a new student, claiming the disappearance was no accident--and someone is hiding the truth.