Tate Noble returns to the town of his youth where as a boy his parents were murdered. His childhood friend Samuel, now the sheriff of La Mesa knows who is responsible, and Tate's arrival sparks hostility between Samuel and his father Judge Carter. As the mystery unravels, Tate and Samuel enlist help from an unlikely source, the mob, in order to bring to justice the man ultimately responsible, the evil Harcourt Simms.
Bev es una chica inteligente que sueña con marcharse a Nueva York y llegar a ser escritora; pero, al mismo tiempo, es la típica adolescente voluble, rebelde y loca por los chicos. En una fiesta conoce a Ray, un chico no muy despierto y, pocos meses después, ambos se quedan anonadados al enterarse del inesperado e involuntario embarazo de ella.
