Sonny Mann, an ex-con returning home from prison, creates a new dynamic for both friends and enemies with his arrival. The local power broker, Fred Vance, wants Sonny back into his shady world. Sonny only wants money due, as long as his suppressed desire for Ann, now married to his best friend and local sheriff Dave Lockhart, puts at risk life's delicate balance of family and community. Passion and revenge threaten to overtake all as Sonny's anger careens dangerously out of control.