Deep in the dark Louisiana bayou, the women in Ava Morel's family have never lived past age 23. Ava dismisses the family curse as superstitious legend until she and her sister, Olivia, have the same nightmare: Ava burying Olivia alive. When both girls awake, something has changed—like they've brought the darkness back with them—and Olivia is never the same. Determined to save her sister's life, Ava descends into a world of voodoo and ancient magic, where the strongest spell of all seems to be drawing her to the dangerously handsome Zared. As Ava is dragged deeper into Zared's dark realm, she discovers that maybe some things are better left buried.