When Carolina Hart is abruptly fired, she decides to return to her hometown of Sycamore Ridge, New Mexico after receiving a letter from her uncle asking her to help revive her family’s restaurant.
On her first day at work, she handles a chance encounter with an extremely unpleasant caterer by agreeing to cater an event for the entire town…despite the fact that she doesn’t have a lick of experience.
Carolina’s sticky situation becomes a quagmire when her rival’s assistant is found dead and the rival, who is the primary suspect, actually comes to Carolina, begging for help.
The pressure builds as she prepares to prove herself to the community, all the while working to solve a murder so that her nemesis won’t be jailed for a crime that she didn’t commit.
In the midst of it all, a blast from the past that complicates her investigation significantly, sends Carolina reeling.
Can she crack the case in time to save her family’s business and possibly her life?