Archaeologist Sage Westerfield has been called in to excavate an ancient well and stumbles onto a woman and baby's skeletons: an historical murder mystery. When she finds account of Vincent Garland, the steward of the estate in the 1580s, Sage learns of a destructive love triangle between an embroideress, an alchemist, and the Lord of the Manor's daughter. But then a tragic death makes it all too clear that a modern murderer is at work.