Childhood friends Davey Simpson and Pokey Merrill overcame the lies that kept them apart and are now engaged to be married. Now they're fighting to stay together and to stay alive.

Davey secretly infiltrates the KKK to protect his best friend, a black man running for governor of Alabama. Pokey secretly undergoes experimental surgery to regain the use of her legs. And both secretly doubt if they are good enough to deserve the others' love. Amidst murder and politics, Davey baits the hook to real in the bad guys.

Can Pokey and David survive the rough seas of insecurity, hatred and deceit? Can their love?