Hannah, her two sisters, and her fourteen-year-old niece Julie set sail from Baltimore to Bermuda on a cruise, but when Julie goes missing Hannah has to team up with a couple of her fellow passengers to find a dangerous predator.

While participating in a reality show recreating eighteenth-century colonial life in the days leading up to the American Revolution, Hannah Ives encounters behind-the-scenes drama when the show's dance master is found murdered.

"Hannah Ives's sister, Georgina, has some astonishing news. A DNA test has revealed she is part Native American, and Hannah's test has similar results. The link seems to come from their late mother. But how? As Hannah dives into constructing her family tree, she uncovers a heart-breaking love story and a mysterious death, while DNA matching turns up two second cousins, Mai and Nicholas. Hannah and her niece, Julie, are eager to embrace their new relatives...

"It's a fact that some of the cancer support group survivors Hannah Ives works with take marijuana. Recreational use of the drug may be illegal in Maryland, but a few patients, like Maryland Sate Senator Claire Thompson, are prescribed it on medical grounds. Claire has co-sponsored a Cannabis Legalization Bill and invites Hannah to be part of a fact-finding task force that testifies before the Maryland State Senate. Before long, Hannah is in Denver,...