In the isolated Cape Cod village of Prospect, the Gilly sisters are as different as can be. Jo, a fierce and quiet loner, is devoted to the mysteries of her familys salt farm, while Claire is popular, pretty, and yearns to flee the salt at any cost. But the Gilly land hides a dark legacy that proves impossible to escape. Although the community half-suspects the Gilly sisters might be witches, it doesnt stop Whit Turner, the towns wealthiest bachelor, from forcing his way into their lives. Its Jo who first steals Whits heart, but it is Claireheartbroken over her high school sweetheartwho marries him. Years later, estranged from her family, Claire finds herself thrust back onto the farm with the last person she would have chosen: her husbands pregnant mistress.
