A New Orleans attorney, L. Morgan Franklin, finds her well-ordered life turned upside down when her younger half-brother, Winston, dies in their small hometown of L'Ouverture, Louisiana. When it becomes evident that Winston's death may actually be a murder, Morgan begins a search for answers that uncovers long-held family secrets and new discoveries about the people she loves the most. The mysteries of family, life, and love all converge in this story of one woman's refusal to accept things as they appear.