Escaping her headline-making defeat in a capital murder case she shouldn't have lost, attorney Tal Jefferson leaves her big city law firm and prior life for safe harbor: the small Georgia town where she was raised. For a while she finds solace in memories and booze—until a childhood friend is accused of a brutal murder.

Forced to clean up her act, Tal comes to her defense—but finds her own life on the line when small-town secrets lead to big-time revenge.