Serena

Ron Rash, the prizewinning author of "One Foot in Eden" and "Saints at the River," presents "Serena," a compelling story of love, betrayal, and murder. In 1929, newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton leave Boston for the North Carolina camp where George has been living and has already fathered an illegitimate child. The Pembertons plan to build a timber empire, and they both set to work. Serena soons finds that her strength is equal to any man, and so is her ruthlessness; anyone who stands in her way is killed or banished. Then, when Serena learns she cannot conceive, she sets her sights on George's illegitimate son, determined to hunt down mother and child whatever the cost.