The novel begins as Naomi enters Knockemout after having received a request for help from her evil twin sister, Tina. Naomi has left her fiancée at the altar because the relationship is not good. Tina robs Naomi and leaves her with her 11-year-old daughter, Waylay. Naomi did not previously know that Waylay existed. Naomi does not know anyone in the town and has no money, job, or car. She meets a man named Knox who is quite rude to her believing her to be Tina, but he eventually gets her a place to stay at his grandmother, Liza J’s, cottage.