Business is booming; Joe is asked to back channel to the dark side, to help the CP find a drug dealer selling lethal Ecstasy and to assist Bob Morse in defense of a trial judge accused of killing his wife. Mia is having another change of heart; Frank faces a moral dilemma; CHIPs is involved with Family Court, again;Billy and Natalie ... who would have guessed? Another fun time in Clearwater Beach!

Claire Sullivan struggles to overcome loss and dislocation, to reconnect with the central people in her life and restart her emotional growth in this powerful prairie coming-of-age novel. Claire Sullivan quickly settles in to her new home at Clearwater Lake in northern Manitoba, especially once she befriends Jeff Carson, a quiet mixed-race loner who lives with his parents in the other half of the Sullivans’ duplex. Together, the teens roam the wild, isolated beauty of the nearby lakeshore and forest, forging a deep friendship based on loyalty and trust. As peaceful as things seem on the surface, Claire and Jeff are both battling powerful undercurrents at home. Claire worries that her sister, Leah, who has been sexually assaulted, is sinking into a drug-fuelled depression, while Jeff finds it difficult to stand firm in the face of his father’s increasingly brutal temper. When Leah commits suicide, the consequences are far-reaching and devastating. Claire retreats to Regina to redefine her idea of family, while Jeff leaves his own family behind, drifting from place to place, unable to settle down. Although they both keep moving forward through time, their lives seem to have stalled.Years later, after several near misses, a chance meeting first reopens old wounds, but ultimately allows Claire and Jeff to return to Clearwater Lake, and make another try at acceptance, and maybe happiness.

Joe is back in Toronto to attend a funeral when a friend is found murdered in Clearwater; Fred has a serious medical problem; Mia is caught up in her career change; Bob Morse has a poker conundrum; Billy Ray is looking for a missing husband; Mrs. Finelli reveals some of her secret past; and Detective Mulligan thinks Joe may have shot someone, again. Another romp in Paradise!

Lawyer, Bob Morse is in a jam and Joe is looking for his missing witness; Sean and little Billy bump into some trouble at school; Jeremy and Mitch may have solved a cold case but only a field trip to Georgia will prove it; Luke gets married; Jimmy and Max pay a visit to escape a brutal Canadian winter; CHIPs hits the national media; Romance, mystery, humor, and suspense; another romp in paradise.

A young woman finds her prince that never was. She needs to disengage, but the prince threatens pay back if she tries. Joe to the rescue! Susan Whipple walks away from her smothering family. The family comes to CHIPs to find her if only to know that she is safe. Joe's horse trainer asks a favour for his new wife. The boys learn a code word. Sam learns the truth about Dan. Another romp in paradise!