When you are a young poor man in the South trying to succeed, many times love suffers. Trebor Frank discovers early in his pursuit of success that love gets in the way. Struggling for years to succeed at his first business as a magazine owner, he loses out on love and possibly family. Many years later, he is beyond successful and world renown for his magazines, inventions and other businesses. He is a man on top of the world with everything until he realizes he doesn't have what he's always imagined he would have: a family. This void in his life drives him to devise an eccentric yet creative plan to get exactly what he wants. Though his methods are highly criticized by the world, he manages to discover hidden truths that come with choosing money, power and success over love and family.