Sherman Ranch-the rumored burial site of Isabelle Whitmore, who vanished 25 years ago-has finally been sold. As bulldozers and backhoes rip through the land, Anhalt, Texas holds its breath, waiting to see what the new construction will unearth. Meanwhile, the annual Lone Star Princess Pageant looms, bringing ambition, vanity, and long-standing grudges to the surface. Just as confrontations and old accusations reach their boiling point, temperatures drop to deadly degrees as record sleet, ice, and freezing rain bring down the state's entire power grid. Texas goes dark. Without heat, water, or a way to safely travel the roads, the contestants and their parents are trapped under one roof. Before the power is restored, scores will be settled, multiple people will be dead, and Anhalt, Texas will never be the same.
