Daniel and Caitlyn are sixteen years old and best friends. They love to listen to stories of long ago as told to them by Cicely Langtree, who is anxiously awaiting her next birthday, when she will turn one hundred years old. Daniel and Caitlyn's fascination with the local history of Authentic, Georgia, is fueled with added excitement when a journal is discovered-a journal written by Margaret Brewster at a time when Cicely was a little girl. Within the pages of Margaret's journal, a love story between Margaret's beautiful sister Felicia and a runaway slave boy named Thaddeus slowly unfolds. Daniel and Caitlyn are fascinated as the family history is revealed and the connections to their own lives are exposed. Authentic, Georgia is a sweeping family saga of forbidden love, greed, murder, intrigue, and the supernatural-expertly woven throughout with the reminder of God's blessings in our lives despite our human flaws.