The Skeleton Key - A Tale of Mystery, Ancestry and Love

Rachel thumbed through the box of old junk. They weren't really antiques, but Rachel saw a few items she thought she could sell. She offered the boy fifty dollars for the lot if he would throw in the old skeleton key hanging on his belt. Rachel Hess, the owner of an antique store on the Oregon coast, has no way of knowing the journey through time the old key would take her. Having lost her husband in a car accident several years ago, Rachel feels that love for her is just an illusion.
Rachel believes your inner self is found in the history of your ancestors. Her own adoption created the need to discover her true self. Her obsession to find out who she is opens the door for the clues hidden within the old skeleton key. When she purchases an old house, she discovers the barrels and chests that inhabit it are filled with more than old treasures, they contain the secrets of long ago. As she unravels the tale of the skeleton key, she finds that her own history is intertwined with the history of the old house.
Through a series of dreams, the old skeleton key takes her on a journey back in time to learn the true meaning of love and the consequences of a forbidden love of long ago. In the process of unraveling these clues she discovers that love has found its way into her heart once more.