Love-struck newly-weds, north Carolina hills in the finish of this 1920s -- George along with Serena Pemberton, begin to construct a wood empire. Serena soon proves herself to be corresponding to some man: over seeing loggers, hunting rattle snakes rescuing a person's life from the wilderness. With power and influence today in their hands, the Pembertons refuse to let anybody stand in the form of aspirations and their inflated love. Once Serena faces an fate of its own and finds George past, the Pemberton's passionate marriage begins to unravel resulting toward a striking reckoning.