"Shadow Bend|s library closed years ago because of budgetary problems, so when a wealthy benefactor offers to reopen it, everyone, including Dev, is thrilled. But Dev|s excitement wanes when she realizes the mysterious donor is actually her runaway mother Yvette|s latest husband, Jett Benedict. Dev suspects that Yvette and Jett|s intentions aren|t as noble as they appear, but before she can discover what they|re really up to, Jett turns up dead--and...

When the wife of wealthy philanthropist Elliot Wilson goes missing after she publicly opposes his plan to open a wildlife park on the edge of town, Devereaux and her tenant, a handsome private investigator, team up to prove Elliots innocence before someone else is preyed upon.