When Jack St. Bride arrives in the sleepy town of Salem Falls, he decides to reinvent himself. Tall, blond, and handsome, Jack was once a beloved teacher at a girls' prep school - until a student's accusations robbed him of his reputation. Now, washing dishes for Addie Peabody at the Do-Or-Diner, Jack buries his past, content to be a mysterious stranger. Yet planting roots in Salem Falls may prove fateful for Jack. Jack St. Bride was once a teacher at a private girls' school - until a student's crush robbed him of his reputation. After a public ordeal that left him with an eight-month jail sentence and no job, Jack resolves to pick up the pieces of his life. He takes a job at a diner in the quiet New England village of Salem Falls. But a quartet of teenage girls harbours dark secrets - and they maliciously target Jack with a shattering allegation. Now, at the centre of a modern-day witch hunt, Jack is forced once again to proclaim his innocence.