In the small town of Heron Key, where the relationships are as tangled as the ma
ngrove roots in the swamp, everyone is preparing for the 4th of July barbecue, u
naware that their world is about to change for ever. Missy, maid to the Kincaid
family, feels she has wasted her life pining for Henry, who went to fight on the
battlefields of France. Now he has returned with a group of other desperate, de
stitute veterans, unsure of his future, ashamed of his past.
When a white wom
an is found beaten nearly to death, suspicion falls on Henry. As the tensions ri
se, the barometer starts to plummet. But nothing can prepare them for what is co
ming.
