What if someone showed us the deepest, scarred parts of themselves? Can we still truly love someone with the raw and ugly truths exposed?Vivian grew up on the island of Cedar Key. Two years ago, she lost her father in a tragic accident, and she has been unable to move forward, anchored in a dark grief that consumes her. Vivian returned home from college to join her coven sisters and care for her mother, but she is the one that needs cared for the most.Noah was a classmate of Vivian's at the local island school. Born into the corrupt family of Cyrus Black, he was blacklisted by everyone on the island from the beginning. Noah was never able to escape Cedar Key and the life of crime he was expected to fall into.Vivian and Noah find solace in each other's friendship, but a series of murders on the barrier island of Atsena Otie Key have the town raging with fire. Suspicion and doubt drive their friendship apart, as the town begins to point fingers directly at the Black family. Can Vivian and Noah's friendship survive the tainted darkness of their pasts?