Pearl Chavez, a biracial young woman, is forced to move to Texas to live with distant relatives after her father is executed for a crime. She finds a warm welcome with her aunt Laura Belle and her lawyer son Jesse, but is met with hostility by her wheelchair-bound uncle Senator Jackson McCanles and lustful interest from his unruly younger son Lewt. Pearl's presence only exacerbates the already tense family dynamics, and she finds herself drawn to Lewt despite the danger and disapproval that surrounds their forbidden attraction.
Duel in the Sun
A young woman of mixed heritage inherits her father's estate, navigating the complexities of her dual identity and the rivalry between her two brothers, one kind-hearted and the other troubled, as she searches for her place in the world.
