"A story of witchcraft, orphans and a dangerous search for home."--Lower cover

Sometimes you have to start over to get love right. Luke Ryan’s life is too chaotic for romance, what with running his business and being the legal guardian to his ten-year-old niece, but he’s hopeful he’ll find the right man. Trauma surgeon Finn Thomason recently relocated from Chicago to Boston, where his focus on medicine leaves him little space for a personal life. Making a commitment to find a better work-life balance, Finn hopes he’ll also find a relationship. Caught in an evening rainstorm, Luke shelters under a sidewalk awning...and encounters a handsome stranger. The two strike up a conversation and Finn offers to walk Luke under his oversized umbrella. Charmed, Luke accepts and asks Finn out for coffee in thanks. Luke and Finn quickly grow close, but, as the summer draws to an end, Luke struggles to keep his connection with Finn while Finn tries to come to terms with caring for a man whose attention is pulled in many directions. Both men are scrambling to get it right, but only time will tell if they’ll learn there is more than enough room in their hearts to go around.

Here comes Thanksgiving and with it more hilarious chaos of the O’Mailey variety. Cait struggles to locate a missing mother whose children were instructed to seek out the PI in the event of an emergency. Cait is doubtful as to her own parenting abilities; she can’t even keep a fern healthy. She’s afraid the boys may end up withered and broken by the time the mom-napped Molly is rescued. A murder in Brunswick has left a prosecutor looking more than just a little shady and Detective Trace Falon is put on the case. The evidence is disheartening and the Evening News broadcasts seem to be more informed than the police. As if that wasn’t enough of a headache, Trace is beginning to suspect there may be a bad apple walking about with a badge. Is there a dirty cop in their midst, or is this an impersonator? It’s up to Trace to sniff out the killer before the streets of Arbrick suffer cataclysmic consequences. Cait and Trace blunder through the difficulties of shopping as responsible parents, dealing with bad guys who keep unusual pets, cooking Thanksgiving dinner, and solving their cases without: a) getting killed, b) getting maimed, and c) falling head of heels for each other.

The theft of an important royal family heirloom finds Sidney Stone on the case once again. While continuing to look for Arnie Chen's priceless statue Sidney takes on another case, this one about a stolen necklace. But it's not just any ordinary necklace... and it's no ordinary family from which it has been stolen. The necklace is charmed and the owner desperately needs it back... or he'll never be human again. Why would someone want that for him? Sidney is sure she knows why... all she has to do is figure out who took it. Will she be able to do that and then free the man so that he can be human once again? "Yes. My life is just that complicated. Spend some time with me, and all you get is chaos. It’s the good kind of chaos, though. Promise." Sidney Stone - Third Time's the Charm.