When daughters Angel and Harmony, and granddaughter Kate gather at the bedside of dying matriarch, Celeste Simone, Kate's neatly constructed, emotionally devoid life is thrown into turmoil. Ancient betrayals boil over as Kate uncovers an old journal that provides her with keys to a secret that will change her life forever.

Lizzie is seventeen, pregnant and on the run from a violent father, a defeated mother and an abusive boyfriend when she meets Sam, a trans-gendered sex-trade worker, who offers her refuge. Emotions collide as their feelings for each other grow and they struggle with their conceptions of their own sexuality including Sam's long struggle to live as a straight female. When crisis strikes, Lizzie must find it within herself to save Sam before it's too late.