Years of Revenge, Bad Blood, and Sorrow have afflicted the Hooper family for generations. The family names changed with marriage, but the hardships and difficulties have followed. Having left behind the textile mills of North and South Carolina, they settle in Tennessee. They and their daughter, Norabell, move near their oldest living daughter, August. There is one secret that could tear their family apart. August thinks it time to tell Norabell everything, even though they promised no one never would. Old acquaintances of Lottie and her family are sworn enemies after an incident years ago when they all lived in Cocke County, Tennessee. They now find themselves neighbors once again. They have neither learned the lessons that are harshly learned when a person seeks revenge...nor the cost that it will incur.