Cantonville, Louisiana - 1855. Adam Saint-Etienne, rich and handsome; with a selfless act of kindness to another, he makes a deadly enemy. Jacques Aubenet, solitary and desperately in love; too shy to approach the one his heart and soul desires. Daniel Everett, young and enslaved; bought to thwart a vicious man's caprice, unwillingly becomes the catalyst for bloody violence. Jean Lafevre, brutal and sly; his devious mind occupied by one thought alone - revenge on the man who despises him. Four very different men, locked together on a fateful path to violence, love and desire. Two men must reveal their secrets to save another.