Romeo and Juliet is like Beauty and the Beast... A tale as old as time. In this reworking of the classic love story, the son of a wealthy, white Southern plantation owner falls in love with his family's slave amongst the backdrop of the American Civil War. In a trying and harsh era, 16 year old Sarah finds herself at her third plantation, torn away from her parents at such a young age. Jonathan Radford, a 20 year old UVA student yearning to become an abolitionist, returns home to an unsatisfactory life, but it's his greatest treasure that becomes his greatest secret.