Heaven Lee is the eldest of five children of the Casteel family, who live in a squalid cabin in the mountains of West Virginia. Despised by her father and exploited by her mother, the girl finds solace in the love of her younger brothers and sisters. On the eve of her tenth birthday, Haven learns from her grandmother that her real mother was a beautiful and rich girl who fell madly in love with Luke Casteel. Unfortunately, immediately after Haven was born, she died, and the father cannot forgive the girl for this. A few years later, unable to withstand poverty and neglect from her husband, Haven’s stepmother leaves, leaving the children to fend for themselves. To improve his business, which had fallen into complete decline due to his passion for gambling, Luke Casteel comes up with what he considers a brilliant plan: he begins to sell his own children to rich childless couples...