Romance, mystery and intrigue are the last things Joanna Jerome expects to encounter on a rainy autumn morning in Galax Falls, North Carolina.

Joanna has given up a promising career as a concert organist when her father, a charming and independent old lawyer, was diagnosed with ALS. Galax Falls seems dreary and boring after the concert stage and the shop Joanna opened to pass the time and re-connect with her home town doesn't fulfill her dreams until one rainy morning when life offers the promise of change with an interesting visit to her shop by the newly-hired English teacher, Russell Benenson.

Inescapable family responsibilities complicate the scene for both, and a kidnapping threatens the life Ben has constructed to save his kid sister and her child from an abusive relationship. The discovery of a priceless manuscript, which then becomes the apparent target in a series of thefts, throw Joanna and Ben into intrigue as they develop a plot to catch the culprit. Guiding the group through treacherous waters, wise old Nicolas Jerome teaches all of them what really counts.