For two hundred years, Cage Aldrich has haunted Charleston, searching for a new body with one intent: revenge on the hag who tortured him, then buried him beneath the waves. For two hundred years, Genevieve Vetivier has never regretted sending Cage to his death. She looks ageless - for she possesses beauty fashioned by unspeakable evil. For two months, Imogen Mortensen, an art student, has carved wood into a master work: a classical male statue. It's proof of her talent. It's Cage's only hope. Will avenging his death cost Cage an opportunity at a first love and a second life at life? His soul, and an innocent girl's future hang in the balance. Beloved Dead journeys into the rich legends of Charleston, South Carolina. Haints, hags, and plat-eyes? The paranormal myths of the Deep South - revived.