There were no surprises in Gatlin County. We were pretty much the epicenter ofthe middle of nowhere. At least thats what I thought. Turns out I couldnthave been... » 

There were no surprises in Gatlin County. We were pretty much the epicenter ofthe middle of nowhere. At least thats what I thought. Turns out I couldnthave been more wrong. There was a curse. There was a girl. And in the endthere was a grave. Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town ofGatlin has ever seen and shes struggling to conceal her power and a cursethat has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrowngardens murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South a secretcannot stay hidden forever. Ethan Wate who has been counting the months untilhe can escape from Gatlin is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he hasnever met. When Lena moves into the towns oldest and most infamous plantationEthan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connectionbetween them. In a town with no surprises one secret could change everything. «