The Legacy of Eden by Nelle Davy is a family saga about an Iowa farm named Aurelia and generations of the family that lived and died there. At the head of the family is Lavinia Hawthorn, the matriarch who helped build the farm up and then destroyed all those who cared about it.

After the last family member on the farm dies, three estranged sisters who grew up there are called back to tie up loose ends. This brings all the ghosts to life, and Davy has a way of dishing out only a little information at a time to keep the reader hooked until the end.  A dark and haunting tale.