Sojourner Brown, a shy graduate student, meets and falls in love with Joseph Kalisa. Joseph is a debonair corporate lawyer who works for a large and prestigious law firm in Washington, D.C. A sweet romance slowly blooms. However, Sojourner and Joseph must confront their past before they can look forward to their future. Sojourner must also develop the strength she'll need to be Joseph's wife, as Joseph is forced to face rivers of blood and hills covered with the corpses of the innocent in his native land of Rwanda.