After the death of her father in 1855, seventeen-year-old Sophia goes to live with her wealthy and mysterious godfather at his Gothic mansion, Wyndriven Abbey, in Mississippi, where many secrets lie hidden.
Seventeen-year-old Violet Dancey is spending the Civil War with a new stepmother and stepsister and her young cousin when she comes upon a wounded Yankee soldier, Thomas, who is being kept alive by mysterious voodoo practitioners.
After the death of her father in 1855, seventeen-year-old Sophia goes to live with her wealthy and mysterious godfather at his gothic mansion, Wyndriven Abbey, in Mississippi, where many secrets lie hidden.
