Annie Darling is hosting a party to celebrate successful Southern literary icon, Alex Griffith and his bestselling new novel. But after the local paper announces that Griffith aims to reveal the real-life inspirations behind his characters, not everyone in town is ready to give him a glowing review. As Annie attempts damage control, her friend Marian Kenyon gets in a heated argument with Griffith. It's a fight Annie won't soon forget; especially after the author turns up dead.