Jennifer Hale, orphaned and destitute after the Civil War, arrived at Darkwater full of hope. The cold reception she received alarmed her. So did the screams of Alicia, the dying mistress of the plantation.
Perhaps more frightening was Jennifer's dangerous attraction to Walter Dere, her handsome employer. But all fear was forgotten when Alicia's death freed Walter to propose to Jennifer.
Immediately after the marriage, Jennifer developed symptoms of the same disease that had destroyed Alicia. In desperation, she remembered Alicia's ravings about voodoo. Could she learn the protect herself from this violent curse? Or would the knowledge mean a worse fate still?
Jennifer Hale, orphaned and destitute after the Civil War, arrived at Darkwater full of hope. The cold reception she received alarmed her. So did the screams of Alicia, the dying mistress of the plantation.
Perhaps more frightening was Jennifer's dangerous attraction to Walter Dere, her handsome employer. But all fear was forgotten when Alicia's death freed Walter to propose to Jennifer.
Immediately after the marriage, Jennifer developed symptoms of the same disease that had destroyed Alicia. In desperation, she remembered Alicia's ravings about voodoo. Could she learn the protect herself from this violent curse? Or would the knowledge mean a worse fate still?