Book one of 39: Then: Salem, MA 1692. Burning, hanging, stoning and drowning were the way they killed a witch. The Killing times changed so many lives forever. Now: Salem, SC. Elizabeth LaRue has come home. After a stint in the FBI, a failed assignment, and a disastrous affair, she has returned to a town she willingly walked away from, her body and heart battered and bruised. As she agrees to step in as Sheriff, she finds that the sleepy town isn't quite as tranquil as she thought. A string of bizarre killings plaguing the town, and scaring the people she has sworn to protect. Elizabeth now has to call in the FBI, and be faced with a past and and people she is trying to forget. Will Ethan Blackhawk be her salvation or her ultimate downfall? One thing is for sure. Death is coming--for her.