This historical fiction 300+ page novel is set in mid nineteen century Mississippi. A young woman is banished from her home in Charleston for getting pregnant out of wedlock. Forced into marrying a sweet but simple man, she struggles to set up a plantation on newly released prior Indian territory. She falls in love with a neighboring plantation owner and has a son with him. The two boys grow up to fight each other in the Civil War. Extensive research pins the book with events and people of the time.