RubycentersonRubyLandry(RaechelleBanno),bornintheLouisianabayouandwatchedoverbyherlovingGrandmèreCatherine(Judd).RubyisfilledwithhopeaslovebloomswithherhighschoolsweetheartPaulTate(Duke),butlingeringthoughtsofhermysteriousfatherandhermother'sdeathoftencreepintoRuby'smind.AsdarkfamilysecretsbegintorevealthemselveswhenPaul'sparentsforbidhimfromseeingRuby,RubyisfurtherdevastatedwhenherbelovedGrandmèrepassesaway.ForcedtofleetoNewOrleansfromthebayou,Rubysearchesforherestrangedfather(Bellows),oneoftherichestmeninthecity,assheclingstohermemoriesofPaulandtheirforbiddenlove.