"When tragedy strikes, Jasmine Houston must uproot her family from the Northern mill town of Lowell and take over her family's Southern plantation. Tensions are high, and the lives of the slaves they've promised to protect hang in the balance"--Provided by publisher.Forced to take over her family's Mississippi plantation, The Willows, Jasmine Houston's anti-slavery position soon creates tensions that lead to violence, jeopardizing the safety of Jasmine, her husband Nolan, and their slaves.