New York City. 1964                                                                                                                                                                             My daddy made me go. I didn’t want to. He sent me to his brother’s family in New York City for the                              summer, because things were getting hot in Mississippi. And he wasn’t talking about the weather.

           Sheltered, sixteen-year-old Mavis Powell from Mississippi is completely undone when she meets                         smooth-talking Harris Brown, her older cousin’s best friend. But there’s a chasm between Mavis’                       religious family and Harris’ roots in the Harlem clubs.

          Outwardly brash and impulsive, Harris runs deeper than most people know. Though he loves                              Mavis, he makes a choice of conscience that takes him away from her. And she, just as                                          impetuous but much more naïve, follows him.