Despondent after years of abuse, Clara Webster decides to end it all and swims out into the deep waters of the Texas Gulf. Exhausted, she surrenders to the relentless pull of the tide, only to feel strong arms wrap around her. Struggling to free herself, Clara nearly drowns the woman trying to rescue her and ends up saving her instead. The woman, reclusive artist Randi Kosub, invites the distraught Clara to stay awhile. With nowhere to go, Clara accepts. As Clara struggles to get her life together, the women grow closer and begin to fall in love. When Clara's youngest son is seriously injured in an accident, she rushes home, unwittingly putting herself in the power of her vengeful husband, who has no intention of letting her go. Caught in the swirling crosscurrents of past and present, Clara is forced to make a devastating choice...