Once upon a time.... Legend tells us there once lived in the mountains of eastern Tennessee a young girl named Iva Belle Hood. Most people knew her simply as “Li’l Red”.

Iva Belle lived at a time in our history when the Depression cast a dark shadow over the land. Lawlessness, poverty, and despair blanketed the nation. Prohibition and economic chaos turned average citizens into outlaws.

For the Hoods, life went on as it had always been. Their ancestors came to the mountains of Southern Appalachia centuries earlier, bringing with them the customs of their ancestral homelands, Ireland and Scotland. They also brought their whiskey-making skills. With Prohibition, the law of the land, blood flowed right alongside the moonshine coming down out of the mountains into the big cities. Gangsters and the clans themselves battled each other to see who would control the trade. The Hood clan found themselves swept up in the violence that resulted.

Barely 18 and barely a woman, Iva Belle finds she has to grow up far too fast. Her father has been killed by revenooers. Her mother has grieved herself to death. Her brother, Johnny Boy, is doing all he can, but he’s about to crack from the strain. And now, her baby sister, Delia, is dying of consumption.

Determined not to lose another family member and out of medical options, Iva Belle makes the drastic decision to ride “up the mountain” to see “Ma”, matriarch of the infamous Wolfe clan. Ma has a reputation of being able to heal people through spells and black magic. Some say she’s a witch. Iva Belle doesn’t care. She’s willing to do whatever it takes to save her sister.

In this dark, erotic tale of lust and adventure, she will learn the true meaning of the words “mind, body, and soul”. Will she give them willingly for family? For love? And even if she does, will it be enough? Or will it be a deal with the Devil she’ll regret for eternity?

Take a ride up the mountain with Li’l Red.

That is, if you’re not afraid of the Big Bad Wolfes.