The night after Lucie Brandon's grandmothers ask for her help in locating some lost family heirlooms, she is suddenly transported back in time to Colonial Virginia. Sent a dream by one of her ancestors, Lucie experiences a day in the life of Betsy Barker of Williamsburg, and then she embarks on a quest fueled by the clues that first Betsy and then three other ancestors provide to her through dreams. Lucie and her best friend Andrea Longstreet decipher the dreams and discover along the way that all that glitters may not be gold, but all that warms the heart can be treasure.

Lucie Brandon and her best friend Andrea Longstreet are twelve-year-olds whose summer in the North Georgia mountains has taken a turn for the mysterious. In this sequel to Lucie Brandon and the Mystery of the Patchwork Dreams, a chance discovery of an old treasure box spurs a quest to uncover its secrets Psychic dreams from Lucie's ancestors, an intriguing hand-drawn map, and a delicate set of china guide them to discover heroic acts of courageous women and men from days gone by.