Swamp Music

Set in Alabama’s sultry hotbed of music-making history, this haunting Southern Gothic thriller follows a woman lured by fame and love to a crossroads where she must decide which to sacrifice—her music or her life—in this propulsive cross between Daisy Jones & the Six and the moss-coated suspense of Flicker in the Dark.

For Doe Ray Meeks, performing in legendary Muscle Shoals, Alabama, is a dream come true. This is the young singer songwriter’s big chance—maybe her last chance—to snare the attention of Shane Tarrant, celebrated producer of iconic artist Vixen Wright’s hit album, the one that made her a star right before her life was cut tragically short in a fatal accident.

Doe does more than impress Shane. The darkly charismatic music man not only offers to produce her debut album, he makes her his protégé, inviting her to Mehetabel—known as Hetty’s Sink—his isolated, luxurious home and recording studio located on the grounds of his family’s historic swampland estate.

For Doe, life at Hetty’s Sink is a whole new world, a magical refuge in the swamp where musical inspiration flows like water and her every need is taken care of. Then there’s the seductive allure of the older, worldly Shane, the man who launched Vixen’s brief, white-hot career—the man Vixen once loved. Before long, Doe is sharing Shane’s bed, her songwriting spurred on by his tantalizing faith in her talent.

As the swamp tightens its grip on Doe, haunting her with Vixen’s memory, she learns of the singer’s dark side—her private struggles, careless disloyalties, and secret proclivities. Soon, on the verge of uncovering Vixen’s downfall Doe finds herself quite possibly hastening her own . . .

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