Vingt ans après l'assassiner d'Alice Barlow, sa maison est finalement occupée à nouveau. Cependant, le mari du couple qui se sont déplacés en a un secret qu'il fera tout pour garder caché.
Wealthy Mary Townleigh gets lost in the bush and hurts her ankle, but is rescued and stays with the Hayseed family. She starts a romance with their neighbour, Englishman John Manners...
Donte Clark's poetic voice was honed on the violent street corners of a struggling city. Yet rather than succumb to the pressures of Richmond, CA, Clark uses his artistic perspective to help save his city from itself.