Planted

Seventeen year old Misty Cellars lives in a double-wide trailer where she bargains with a local drug gang to keep her mother out of prison. After losing her father to heroin, she is invited to a weekend church gathering, or so it appears. Instead, Misty is initiated into the underworld of her town's twisted history. She learns of the battle between the Hawkweed and the Gardeners, and the recently revealed role of the Lampyridae in the fight for the heart of her town. Misty learns that her family's misfortunes are part of a larger ploy to keep the town's residents poor and under control. But why would outside forces be so interested in a small town in Maine? Misty learns the answer lies closer to home than she ever could have imagined.

Misty is growing up in a town that no one ever leaves. "Bloom where you are planted," is a phrase often invoked by the old folks of the town. Still, Misty feels stifled by her classmates, her parents, and worst of all, herself. Can she break free of the chains that she helped create?