A handsome, charismatic former rocker and poet, John David (JD) Dothan unexpectedly wins his district in the Texas Legislature. The freshman representative finds himself sitting on the prestigious yet controversial Select Joint Committee on Immigration Reform with his "first love," Senator Rachael Logan. Together, JD and Rachael become the public face of the committee's contentious legislation. Through a maze of liars, deceivers, egos, and the weight of his own romantic emotions, Dothan must navigate. But he is being pulled not only towards the ugly reality of power, but his own redemption as well.