Genny Romayne, the high-spirited girl of a affluent banker, is determined she is not going to let her father rule her life, and sets out on a daring pursuit of independence. Ethan Carey is a man not without his own demons to conquer, but he knows there is much to Genny than the selfish, stubborn young woman she appears to be. Catastrophe strikes simply as he begins to earn her trust, and they begin a journey of discovery and redemption during one of the most parlous times in the post-Civil War South...