In bicentennial america, prominent families vie to fill the power vacuum soon anticipated to be left behind by the ailing "granny" adeline gable, a matriarch who has ruled rural ashford county for decades from her hilltop mansion, and who has long been rumored to have devious dealings with a clandestine cabal. but the longer adeline lingers the more impatient the families get and soon plots are contrived that could speed along her demise and free up much of the land and resources she has controlled over her time in power. by forming secret alliances and weaponizing sex, deception, and even god, can the families navigate into an uncertain future or will their lust for fortune and power spell their downfall? residents of ashford county know its long and haunted history and they know that choosing to live within its rustic confines means playing a dark and dangerous game. who will come out victorious? and who will lose everything, including innocence, inheritance, and everlasting love?