Africa and Appalachia collide during collide during the final days of the American Civil War when Abraham finds a safe haven from his treacherous life on the run with a poor white family in Kentucky. Memories of his child hood love, Matteau , inspire him to overcome perilous odds to find her when he discovers she is lost in the Slave trade in this new world. Time and distance fuels a burning flame that is stronger than any shackles of iron. The story is a riveting account of their journey of survival, triumphs and tribulations. When their childhood love bloomed, the taste was as sweet as the golden nectar from the legendary Sugarbush