In ETIQUETTE FOR RUNAWAYS, May Marshall returns to her father’s orchard in 1924, only to find it is now the site of a lucrative moonshine enterprise. Despite warnings she joins her father’s illegal business, but when authorities close in, May goes on the run. Arriving in New York City, May reinvents herself and follows in her mother’s footsteps to become a costume designer. She ends up designing costumes for a newly formed troupe of black entertainers bound for Paris, but when she gets to the City of Light her luck finally runs out. A dark secret of her past is unraveled, and she must decide to face the truth or keep running before she can reclaim what her heart craves most.