Charlee is making plans for a cozy mid-life: painting, traveling, getting the kids out of the house. She has even purchased tickets to Scotland, where her grandmother was born, and intends to whisk her husband away for a much needed break from the prosecutor's office. But when someone kills him in a hit and run, her "best laid plans" come to a screeching halt. When the aging local sheriff fails to track down the murderer, Charlee shifts into high gear, energized by the crazy idea she can find the killer on her own. Searching for the culprit is good medicine for her aching heart. She soon...

The irrepressible Charlee runs off to Las Vegas to marry the handsome Scottish horse breeder, Ian. They return to Ian's Appaloosa ranch in the forested mountains near Pineville, Montana, and begin life together, but it's not the uninterrupted bliss Charlee had imagined. As Charlee struggles to integrate herself into Ian's world, things get complicated when she encounters the ghost of Ian's father. He may be only her imagination, but Daniel raises questions about the death of Ian's first wife when he discloses family secrets. When Charlee discovers a hidden box of counterfeit money, she's...