The cove - Ron Rash

In the shadow of a deep cove, Laurel Shelton and her brother Hank have built a home. The locals whisper about the cove being cursed - good fortune rarely seems to reach their little cabin in the woods. But when a stranger turns up, hiding among the trees, the course of their lives seems altered. The mysterious Walter begins helping Hank on the farm and brings Laurel the only real comfort she's ever known. Finally the dark cloud hanging over the cove lifts, but then a secret is uncovered which threatens to shatter their newly found happiness. As their neighbours begin to stoke a fire of rage against the cove and its inhabitants, Laurel, Hank and Walter come to understand the profound danger they are in...