Not everything is as it seems in the hills and hollows of eastern Ohio. Sightings of a man cloaked in black echo through the countryside. Desperate for answers, attorney Zach Cooper enlists the help of television news anchor Elizabeth Eppley. Together, Zach and Elizabeth meet the Avonleas, a peculiar family residing deep in the countryside of Tuscarawas County, Ohio. A dark secret from Elizabeth's past leads Zach into a grave encounter in the woods that confronts his assumption of the Avonlea family. Seeing isn't always believing as Zach fights to accept the truth regarding his new friends and the world of which they are protecting. Hell hath no fury like an angel scorned.