China is selling her wares at Pecan Springs' Farmers' Market this spring, and enjoying the additional customers the market brings to her herb shop, Thyme and Seasons. But as the town bustles back to life, China happens upon a burning house trailer and hears a woman screaming for help. The evidence leaves no doubt that it's arson-but who would commit such a ghastly crime?

China's friend, Jessica Nelson, an intern-reporter at the local paper, is assigned to cover the story. But when Jessica disappears, China is determined to help find her before she becomes headlines herself...