Dahlia Dennis is a resilient young lady with a tumultuous past from a small town in Virginia. Despite having an awful home life she basically raises herself, wills her way through high school and heads to her dream college in New York City. Armed with a stellar GPA and a laser focus on becoming a therapist, she prides herself in making good, logical decisions, one of the best being getting engaged to the gorgeous Cortez Flores. Her life is perfect, almost too good to be true. Her theory proves to be correct when Dahlia is met with resistance from Cortez’s family and a potentially catastrophic revelation from Cortez’s past. Can she navigate her way through the storm and claim the family that she deserves?