Jessica escapes from her homicidal mother after her father is laid to rest and before she is force to accept a proposal of marriage from a pompous deceiver. She steps on a train bound for the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia, in search of protection and love. She gets mugged stepping off the train and is left to walk along a deserted road with night quickly approaching. Scared and alone a bright light piercing through the grey mist catches her eye and she follows it into a world known only to a few—a shack in the middle of the swamp with five inhabitants. Jessica is immediately drawn to Hunter, an attractive young man who lives at the shack, however he only see her as a child. That is until another appears from the deepest depths of darkness to win her over and he’s after more than her heart. Even though Jessica must choose which path to take, this is only the beginning of her journey and in the end she’ll be the one standing firm and protecting the ones she loves at any cost.