When a random encounter with the new town pastor leaves Journiva questioning her self-worth, she decides to redeem herself through Stella, a young girl formerly in the care of her deceased mother. But three years have passed, and Stella is no longer the child that she left behind. Having survived abandonment and exploitation living on the fringes of the small town of Croix, Stella decides to take control of her own future and pull herself up the only way she knows how, by selling the world's oldest commodity. Channeling the spirit of her temporary home, Stella and her equally desperate compatriots devise a plan to flee small town subjugation, all while blurring the lines of morality. Gaining allies and thwarting enemies, Stella attempts to thrive below the radar of the law, all while the mistakes of the past dangle Journiva on the precipice of loyalty and betrayal.