Tucked between the forest and farmland, a transient town quiets as fall quickly tuns to winter, in turn so does the relationship of Natalie and Carter. The return of her childhood friend Lucy McKinley from a faraway place stirs something restless in her. Natalie begins to see how small she has allowed herself to become; strangled by her marriage.
 
A tender, slow-burning portrait of young marriage, small-town stagnation, and the silent rebellion of choosing yourself, How The Axe Fell follows Natalie as she learns how to let go.