After the tragic and untimely death of her parents, Cheyenne Douglas hopes to escape overwhelming depression by fleeing Oklahoma and relocating to a small Louisiana town. In an attempt to help Cheyenne start fresh, a charming professor, Cal Gage, eases the transition by introducing her to the area. However, an unanticipated event occurs when touring an antebellum plantation home. Cheyenne is plagued by horrific visions of a grisly murder that took place over thirty years prior The visions continue long after the tour is over, and they grow more vivid, harrowing, and intense with each new recollection. A disturbing past collides with the tumultuous present when nearly everyone's lives are turned upside down by the revelations that come forth. Welcome to Broken Bayou, where the secrets are plentiful and skeletons fill everyone's closets.