Saving Grace #Wattys2016

Grace Stewart was a shy black girl in Eren, Texas where the ends of racism hasn't caught on yet. All she wanted was to take care of her family and get out, to make something of herself unlike her towns 1960's way of life.
Hardison Hale was the perfect white male specimen, girls flocked to him for it and his money. Except Grace. This intrigues him but in a town where the races don't mix, it meant trouble for her.
How far the townspeople of Eren go to make sure nothing more than acquaintances happen between these two?