Set in the past and present, this murder mystery tackles racial prejudice and spousal abuse in the lives of two very different women. Generous and compassionate, Delilah Grey takes in women shattered by abuse, poverty, illness, or events beyond their control. Acquitted of her rich husband's mysterious death decades ago, she lives in her beautiful mansion consumed by secrets, guilt, and regret. But when she takes in desperate mother Tracey Walters and her two young children, both women must find the strength to confront truths they can no longer ignore.