A tangled web of love, lies, disloyalty and murder: When high school English teacher Christina Reed receives a mysterious phone call from her best friend, Lara Sommerfield, she rushes to her aid, only to discover that Lara's cousin Janet has disappeared. The last person to see Janet alive is Kyle Sommerfield, Lara's husband. While staying at the Wildflower Inn in the foothills of North Carolina's Appalachian mountains, Christina meets handsome and irresistible Lance Morgan, a college professor who is writing a book on true crime cases in North Carolina. When Janet's body is discovered, Christina, Lara, and Lance work together to help solve the murder. Who had the most to gain by getting rid of Janet? How do Janet's husband Mark, Kyle's father Joseph, and a high school senior named John fit into the picture? And does Janet's murder have anything to do with a cold case involving the disappearance of Kyle's brother?