Mattie Dinkins, the illegitimate, velvet-dark daughter of Dominic Evers, a prominent pass-for-white businessman, sees her father once a week when he visits the candy store she works in. His denial of her every other day of the week cuts so deeply that she fears, one day, she will just disappear. Jonah Reyes was saved from a life of poverty by a scholarship to an elite private school - and by the prosperous man who took an interest in him. Raised in Dominic Evers' home, the light-skinned, half-Spanish Jonah became the man's surrogate son, his protege, his business partner, and finally his son-in-law when he marries Dominic's legitimate daughter, Justice. Mattie and Jonah's first meeting at Dominic's funeral thrusts them on an emotional odyssey of discovery, ecstasy and sorrow. Together they will learn that they are more than mere reflections of Dominic Evers - free to choose who they are, who they will become...and who they will love.