After the devastating losses of both her mother and her closest friend, Jesse is stuck. Her station in life is one familiar to so many in Appalachia: working odd jobs and getting by, finding a husband and accepting a life which doesn't meet her fullest dreams. After her husband leaves, though, she's at a precipice. That's when she meets Theodore and everything changes. Reluctantly falling in love, Jesse doesn't know Theodore has a secret, one all too familiar in her world, and one she already saw kill her closest friend.