Serena Tie-In

<p>The year is 1929 and newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton arrive in North Carolina to create a timber empire. Although George has already lived in the camp long enough to father an illegitimate child Serena is new to the mountains--but she soon shows herself to be the equal of any worker overseeing crews hunting rattlesnakes even saving her husband's life in the wilderness.</p><p>Together Serena and George ruthlessly kill or vanquish all who fall out of their favor. But when Serena learns that she will never bear a child she sets out on her own to kill the son George had without her. Mother and child begin a struggle for their lives and when Serena suspects George is protecting his illegitimate family the Pembertons' intense passionate marriage starts to unravel as the story moves toward its shocking finale.</p>