A sudden storm on Moon Lake capsizes Nancy and her friend Helen Corning, and they are saved by a lovely orphan girl named Laura Pendleton. Laura is on her way to meet her new guardian, Jacob Aborn, but the man who claims her is harsh, greedy and strangely eager to get his hands on her inheritance. When Laura flees to Nancy for help, the trail leads to a lonely bungalow in the woods, and to a secret that could cost Nancy her life.
