"May, a young white woman, is on the brink of achieving the independent life she's dreamed of since childhood. Naomi, a nurse, mother, and leader of the NAACP, has fulfilled her own dearest desire: buying a home for her family. But they both are about to learn that dreams can be destroyed in an instant. May's future is upended, and she is forced to rely once again on her mother. Meanwhile, the white-majority neighborhood into which Naomi has moved...

1900. Lizzy Brookstone, star trick rider of the all-female Brookstone Wild West Extravaganza, takes over management of the traveling show after her father's death. Working with Wesley DeShazer, the man who once broke her heart, and Jason Adler, her financial partner, she is soon torn between the two men. Ella Fleming, fleeing a forced betrothal, stows away on the train and is given a job in the costume department. Mary Reichert, a former sharpshooter...