Petula Mills is an old fashioned Southern girl who is as steeped in the South as it is in her. But, at age nineteen she has attended enough church and read enough about the opportunities that await the brave-at-heart in a world beyond her native Charleston. She's ready to become truly productive, follow her dreams and perhaps even abandon her roots. Rachel Johns is an independent eighteen year old with a matter-of-fact way of looking at everything. But, her everything has been limited to the reservation she was raised on. She is a free spirit and the only god she knows is her father; the only love she has is her family and still she is ready for almost anything at any time--maybe a new God, too.
Lisa Bennett is tall, gorgeous and popular. For white guys she would be the most delicious taboo ever, and for most black guys, she is just a fat chance. This self-absorbed northern girl only knows how to be noticed and admired. However, she cannot always handle, well, the spirits in some men she attracts.