Joey Perone is pushed off a cruise ship by her husband on her first anniversary. Only her skill and training as a collegiate diver allow her to survive the fall and the hundreds of miles of ocean before she is rescued off a small island near Florida by retired police investigator Mick Stranahan. Chaz Perone plays the grieving widower well until he gets too wrapped up with his mistress, the goon sent by his 'boss' to make sure his investment stays safe, and his real job as a biologist testing nitrate runoff in the Everglades. Joey gets Mick to help her mess with Chaz and let him think he's being blackmailed and with pressure coming from the mistress, the 'by the book' cop, the 'blackmailer', the goon, and the 'boss', Chaz self-destructs and Joey sits back to watch. The grand finale, though, has one wondering if the ends justified the means

Jakes tells the story of Gen. Sherman's march on and occupation of the city of Savannah through the eyes of Hattie, Sarah, Miss V and their acquaintances. Hattie and her mother are driven from their rice plantation by hostilities and go to the city to live with their friend Miss V. Hattie's childhood friend LeGrand goes to war and is wounded and sent back to the city. We also see the story from the eyes of Union foraging soldiers and a newspaperman who falls in love with the widow Sarah and Miss V's piano.

Zoey Adler hijacks a federal agent to help save her infant niece from kidnappers. The fact that she has nicknamed this guy 'Lips of Sin' should also tell you something about her previous run-ins with Dante Torelli. Agent Torelli is not only tasked with the protection of young Pete and her family who are in hiding from the Mob but also with an investigation of an agent gone bad. A snow storm hits Chicago, bullets fly, Pete gets swiped by Aunties from India and once again opposites attract