The town’s most seemingly devoted wife shoots her husband with buckshot, creating a local firestorm.

A former lover returns to town after twenty years, now divorced, which deeply rattles June.

In the small, close-knit town of Grace Valley, California, secrets are hard to keep—yet has managed a significant one: her passionate, clandestine relationship with undercover DEA agent Jim Post .

Much like the Virgin River series, the story focuses on a picturesque community where "blood runs thicker and ties bind stronger". Neighbors look out for each other, sometimes a little too closely.

Human bones are unearthed in the backyard of June’s Aunt Myrna , forcing old family secrets to the surface. Core Themes & Style