The bayou keeps its secrets, but Miranda Crabtree knows too many of them. Since childhood, she has survived by ferrying contraband for a deranged preacher, all while protecting an old witch and a hidden child. It is a hard life, balanced between shadow and survival.
But the swamp is stirring. Something sinister moves through the waters, both human and otherworldly, threatening to unravel the fragile world Miranda has built. When the preacher demands the unthinkable, her choices narrow to sacrifice or ruin.
As violence closes in, Miranda must weigh what she is willing to risk for love, loyalty, and survival. Blood, magic, and myth weave through every page, leading to a truth that could shatter her world. Will she endure, or be consumed by the darkness of the bayou?
