Mazie Reynolds has moxie from the top of her bruised face to the tip of her broken wrist. She married a man she adored and who adored her in return. But over fourteen years, her happy marriage soured with each new beating. When her husband's attentions shift to their twelve-year-old daughter, Mazie knows that it's time to get the hell out. She hatches a plan to escape. But can she outwit the man she vowed to obey until death they do part?