Part One: Dawn

Dawn tells the story of Dawn Longchamp, who has had everything she loves taken from her suddenly after growing up in modest surroundings with a very hardworking family, including her devoted father Ormand and older brother Jimmy. The revelation of the terrible truth about her foster parents forces her into a new family whose dark and twisted secrets alter the course of her life irrevocably. While Dawn is trying to find her place in the world, her wicked grandmother Lillian Cutler rules her life with an iron fist and punishes her harshly when she disobeys. A dark and unbreakable curse hangs over the Cutlers, as Dawn discovers when she becomes entangled in the family's mysteries.