Mercurial

"Routines are as predictable around here as the train running through town; always right on schedule with little to no variation. The only difference is that the train gets to travel around the country, going to new places and carrying new people. We're stuck in the same place, doing the same things, with the same people."

Norah's life in a small Georgia town in 1872 is all but exciting, and she would do almost anything to get away. She dreams of moving to the big city to pursue her deep passion for art, but with no money and no way of getting there, she's stuck. Not to mention, between helping out around the farm and assisting in her family's laundry business, she hardly has any time to practice her drawing, and her skills have become a little rusty.

Everything changes when news spreads around that there's been a shooting, and Micah is charged with murder. Norah inadvertently gets tangled up in the situation, but before she realizes what's happening, she's too deeply involved to back out.

The two are able to keep things under control until a second murder takes place, and they are forced to flee town. Norah is finally granted the freedom that she's always wanted, but at what cost? It doesn't take long before her starry eyes turn dim. Life on the road isn't what it's cracked up to be, and Micah isn't the man she thought he was. Will Norah be his next victim, or will she be able to escape from her oppressive life one more time?