On a rainy Southern night Jade Sperry endured a young womans worst nightmare at the hands of three local hell-raisers Robbed of her youthful ideals and at the center of scandal and tragedy Jade ran as far and as fast as she could But she never forgot the sleepy company town where every man woman and child was dependent on one wealthy family And she never forgot their spoiled son who with his two friends changed her life forever Someday somehow shed return exact a just revenge -- and free herself from fear and the powerful family that could destroy her