Conflict doesn't occur only among soldiers on a battlefield. Sometimes it's with those we hold dear, and then we have no idea how to stand up and fight, much less win the battle. In 1916, blue-blooded Bostonian Jack runs away from his headstrong mother and a family tragedy. On the road, he meets Lizzy, who has inherited her family's once-grand tobacco plantation, Rollins Farm, and is struggling to pay off huge debts and uphold her family's honor. Lizzy's dark secrets keep her heart locked up and prevent her from loving. By happenstance, these two opposites meet in a small town in South Carolina and are immediately drawn to each other, but can they overcome Lizzy's fiery temper, the fact that Jack was born mute, their divergent cultural backgrounds, heartbreaking trail and tribulations, and menacing bullies and live a life of love together, or will their differences and misunderstandings drive them apart? These two broken souls on the brink of eternal despair embark upon a life-changing journey defined equally by the challenges they face and by their undeniable growing passion.