It's the nineteenth century on the Gulf Coast, a time of opportunity and lawlessness. After escaping the Texas brothel where she's been a virtual prisoner, Lucinda Carter heads south to meet her lover, a man as charismatic as he is merciless, and the only person who can quell her mysterious fits. He has a plan to make them both rich chasing a pirate's buried treasure rumored to be buried in a settlement called Middle Bayou.