The year is 1950. It is the Height of the Segregation Era. Meet 25-year-old Noelle Baptiste, a Black woman from New Orleans, Louisiana. A Battered and lost woman. After being in an abusive marriage for 3 years, she finally fights back which resulted in her killing him in cold blood. To escape her painful past She then flees to a small town in Texas called Brownsville. Where she meets an Italian man named John Gaudino. John is an Italian ex-gangster from Chicago, Illinois.

Who flees to Brownsville after witnessing his father being murdered in front of him. Both from two different worlds. Will they find peace within each other or Let their past and society standards keep them from being happy? Read to find out.