Newlyweds Robert and Olivia Chappell have bought a small hotel in the English Lake District, and at the end of their first season they settle down with a drink in front of a warm fire. Their evening is interrupted by the arrival of a hiker seeking shelter from the snow storm outside. Olivia senses danger. Could the stranger have anything to do with her own dark past Another male visitor soon appears and a desperate fight for survival begins, shedding a very different light on all those involved.