There were no surprises in Gatlin County. At least, that's what I thought. As it turned out, I was very wrong.
There was a curse.
There was a girl.
And in the end,
there was a grave.

Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone in the small southern town of Gatlin, and she struggles to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even among the overgrown gardens, murky swamps, and crumbling tombstones of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.
Ethan Wate, who is counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never seen. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan feels an inexplicable attraction to her and is determined to uncover what binds them together.

In a town without surprises, a secret can change everything.