After his bitter break-up with girlfriend Erica, Kevin heads for his ancestral house in the Isle of Skye to get over his grief and to finish the novel he is working on. He meets Bobby, a child who has strayed into the house and spends his nights in the dusty, dark attic, scavenging through old books and toys that once belonged to Kevin and his cousins. Kevin finds the family heirloom, a Christmas locket, and his uncle's diary, which chronicles a heart-warming love story unfolding in that house. What life-changing family secret does Kevin uncover?