Loradean is an undereducated daughter of a preacher from South Carolina. After the death of her mother, at the age of thirteen, she is raped and manipulated into marriage by a childhood friend, Halo Harmon. Heartache after heartache nearly breaks her, but she finds the will to escape her bondage. Moving north, she discovers a new world, new friends and love. However, the past doesn't let go so easily. "B. D. Jordan is a prolific storyteller with a wonderful descriptive way of creating characters that the reader really cares about." -Donald Welch, Author of In My Sister's House