Avery and Derek are back and they are renovating a 225 year old Colonial on Rowanberry Island just off the coast of Maine.It is going to be a monumental renovation, but the sister house across the island shows what a great beauty it will be when complete.

On their way to work one day, boating across the water, they find the body of a woman in the water, not far from the island.A few days later another woman is found floating close to the harbor.Then Avery finds a secret room in the house they are renovating.

As Avery tries to stay out of the police investigation of the found bodies, she tries to keep busy learning the history of her house and the island.She learns about the island's long tradition of smuggling different things over the past 200+ years.It doesn't take her long to hammer out the details and find a connection between the dead women and the island history.

As much as she wants to stay out of the case she finds herself trapped right in the middle of it.