Samantha Jean Owens, a young Mississippi girl turned wife at an early age, learns what it means to seek for and find beauty in the middle of her world that has turned ugly. Despite the fact that she brought this on herself, the young woman determines to make the best of things in her darkening existence. A little too late, Samantha realizes the man she thought was made of the stuff of her girlhood dreams is quite the opposite. Determined to keep her marriage in tact, Samantha finds hope and help in a left-behind Bible whose original owner seemed to know she would need the sacred words for survival.Twists and turns of events cause her world to spin out of orbit as she finds herself running for her life to an unknown place and an unknown people to protect herself and another precious soul very dear to her. Will Samantha find what her heart has always longed for, or will darkness and uncertainty be her only companions?Set in the coal mining town of Whataker, Mississippi, follow Samantha on her quest for all things beautiful, for what touches her heart and soul, bringing beauty into an unlovely world. The variety of characters in this quaint town will leave the reader longing to take a trip to Whataker, back in the 1940s, and walk hand in hand with Samantha as she figures out her young life.