Lilyas Story tells the humorous, sometimes suspenseful, sometimes poignant story of Lily, a fortyish school psychologist who has looked for love in all the wrong places. She finally decides to give up on finding her significant other and find happiness in her single life. When her friends ask her to house-sit an old house on the New England coast for the summer, Lily readily accepts, seeing it as a chance to indulge in her love for painting. Before long Lily finds herself in love with the spirit of the house.