Cantonville, Louisiana – 1855.

Adam Saint-Etienne, rich and handsome; with a selfless act of kindness to another, he makes a deadly enemy.

Jacques Aubenet, solitary and desperately in love; too shy to approach the one his heart and soul desires.

Daniel Everett, young and enslaved; bought to thwart a vicious man’s caprice, unwillingly becomes the catalyst for bloody violence.

Jean Lafevre, brutal and sly; his devious mind occupied by one thought alone – revenge on the man who despises him.

Four very different men, locked together on a fateful path to violence, love and desire.

Two men must reveal their secrets to save another.