With the generous inheritance from an elderly client, estate lawyer Sarah Anderson buys a majestic old house that was built in 1923 by a wealthy man for the woman he adored. Taking the biggest risk of her life, Sarah enlists the help of architect Jeff Parker, who shares Sarah's passion for bringing the exquisite old house back to life. As she and Jeff work to restore the home's every detail, as one relationship shatters and another begins, Sarah makes a series of powerful discoveries: about the true meaning of a dying man's last gift ... about the extraordinary legacies that are passed from generation to generation, and about a future she's only just beginning to imagine.