When Bestselling Crime Writer Mike Noonan's Wife Dies, He Suffers From Writer's Block. Until He Is Drawn From Derry To His Lakeside Retreat, Sara Laughs - A House Once Inhabited By A Famous Singer. It's A Community Run By Rich, Tyrannical, Wheelchair-bound Devore And His Terrifying, Skeletal Female Bookkeeper. Devore Is Hell-bent On Getting Custody Of His Grandchild. Three Year Old Kyra And Her Young Mother, Mattie, Turn To Mike For Help - And Mike, Besotted By Mattie, Is Powerless To Resist. But There Are Others At Sara Laughs Determined To Prevent Mike's Success - And Kyra Can Feel Them Too....