Set primarily in one of the most visited areas of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Ghosts of the Cove takes the reader from the turmoil of the Civil War to present day east Tennessee while providing a glimpse of a unique pioneer community and the people who settled there. Seeking a brief respite from her job as a prosecuting attorney, Abby Edwards stumbles on an injured man whose search through his family genealogy reveals surprising secrets from her own family's past.