Fourteen years after the end of slavery, Lord Henry Hardin and his wife, Lady Bertha, enjoy an entitled life in Union County, Arkansas. Until he faces a devastating reality: Bertha is unable to bear children. If Henry doesn’t produce an heir, the American branch of his circle of relatives name will die out. So Henry, desperate to preserve his aristocratic circle of relatives lineage, does the unthinkable.

When Salome, a former slave and Henry’s mistress, gives birth to a white-skinned, blue-eyed daughter, Henry orders a reluctant Lady Bertha to claim the child as their very own…allowing young Margaret to pass into the white world of privilege.

As Margaret grows older, unaware of her true parentage, devastating circumstances threaten to shroud her in pain and shame…but then, in the long run, in revelation. Regardless of rumors about Margaret’s true identity, Salome is made up our minds to turn into her daughter’s bitter past into her safe future at the same time as Henry goes to unusual lengths to give protection to his legacy. Spanning decades and generations, marked by tragedy and redemption, this unforgettable saga illuminates a circle of relatives’s fight for their name, for survival, and for true freedom.