A story of teenage revenge....

Bound to scruples he didn't expect, Ryan Daniels becomes involved with a spirited, individual, Shirley Freeman is adverse and openly crass. Planning to break from his errant partner, Ryan confronts her, but she will not let him go.

"I'm pregnant with your child, Ryan," she scoffs, "you'll never get out of this."

"That's a lie, Shirley, I've never been stupid. You know that," he added.

"Strange as it seems, Ryan," Shirley rebuked "things do happen. You're obligated now, and I'm not sorry."

For six weeks Shirley's monthly cycle was off-key, pregnancy was obvious, and to hold the one that doesn't love her, the affair becomes a garish weapon. Threatening scandal, Shirley becomes raspy, and realizing the height of disgrace to his family, Ryan decides to sacrifice himself. Marriage is not what he wants, but knowing Shirley and her irresponsible disposition, he agrees to worthless nuptials. Seven months of antagonism nurtures hostility, Shirley delivers a boy, and still, Ryan denies he is the father. Shirley becomes irate, anger boils, and for revenge, she leaves the man she loves and the child she doesn't want. Seven years later, the drifter comes home. Ryan fiercely, resents her, and forcing her to leave, she blurts the granddaddy of all lies.

Wess breaks his engagement, but Catherine is not one to be jilted. Deviously, she selects a fictitious date, and tells her parents that she and Wess have decided to marry within two weeks. Her parents announce the wedding date at a cocktail gathering and thirty-two prominent guests offer congratulations.

He must consider ethics, ending the relationship now will disgrace her family, he, will be humiliated, and April 8th 1887 is the day he is condemned to immoral nuptials.

Maliciously, she planned the entrapment, but the eighteen-year old debutante is more than crafty. The Honeymoon reveals a virginal, tempestuous, teenager and Wess responds to trickery in reverse. He is the last of his clan, desperately, he wants an heir and realizing that Catherine is the key, he becomes a hypocrite intending to impregnate the wife that he doesn't love.

Wesley Laborde finds love in a brothel, only to discover that his paramour is interracial, but he loves her and nothing matters. He proposes marriage, and not wanting to tempt fate, Mina refuses and later realizes she is pregnant. The brothel has no use for her now, but the heartbeat under her breast belongs to the man she loves, the small fetus must sustain, his child will be hers to cherish, and that's satisfaction enough. She can never have him, she knows that, and with agony in her heart perception governs her head. She forsakes the only love that has ever touched her and leaves the brothel. But unknown roads are many, black heritage is a destructive force, and consciously, she stares into a mirror, tearfully, measuring fate. But aware that her complexion is equal to the color of a ripened peach, and remembering that even Dora couldn't tell, courage determines her podium. To support her child, she becomes a dressmaker in a white world, and after two years associating with wealthy Caucasian women, nimble fingers and proficient sketches that she has mastered become her greatest assets. Venturing into a small enterprise, her designs are recognized, and somehow luck nourishes the fancy. Mina Ledet thrives for six wonderful years, far beyond heritage, little realizing that the arranged impression will eventually lead Wesley Laborde directly to her doorstep.