AmandaMillard,desperateforajob,takesamaidpositionattheOregonHotelinthecreepy,backcountrytownofMitchell,Oregon.OwnersMildredColvinandherSonBillyseemniceenoughatfirst.ButonceAmandadiscoverstheirrealintentions,astruggletomakealivingturnsintoafightforherlife.