In the midst of its maiden voyage, the Emerald Dolphin, a luxury cruise ship equipped with revolutionary new engines, sinks and NUMA special projects director Dirk Pitt heads out to rescue the passengers and investigate the disaster.

While getting ready to judge the baking contest at the local town fair, Hannah Swensen stumbles upon the dead body of a fellow judge, along with a smashed key lime pie.

When she inherits a ranch in Arizona, Jan Warren puts all her money and dreams into making a success of it. But she soon finds that with Rancho Arroyo comes a heap of problems - problems not helped by the commanding presence of Derek Bannon, owner of the Golden Lasso, the neighboring ranch and vacation hotspot. Derek is determined to buy Jan out, but as the battle becomes increasingly personal, Jan realizes that it's not just her business that's at...

Professional mountaineer Lily is building a new life for herself--in ways she never would have expected. She's traded the mountain wilderness of Wyoming for the lush river country of the deep South, where she is busy restoring a fine old Natchez, Mississippi house. And she's rediscovered happiness with Matt Starr, the man she has always loved. But Lily's dreams for the future are suddenly threatened when Matt disappears without a trace. Fearing foul...

When a killer determined to fulfill his desire for vengeance emerges in Grizzly Falls, Montana, Detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli must hunt him down before he catches up to the ultimate target of his wrath.

Arriving in Black Falls, Vermont, to do damage control on her career, Secret Service agent Jo Harper searches for the daughter of a murdered ambassador and finds her efforts challenged by Elijah Cameron, who believes that the girl is not missing, but is on the run.

After his romance with ex-flame Faith Beckworth is all but extinguished, local sheriff Troy Davis contends with remains found in a cave, his friend Judge Olivia Griffin's battle with cancer, and a series of break-ins at Faith's home.

Neighbors Mary Jo Wyse and Mack McAfee feel their love grow as they work together to solve the mystery of what happened to the World War II soldier who wrote the letters that Mary Jo found, and to the girl he wrote to.

While catching up on all the Cedar Grove gossip, Teri Polgar senses that something is amiss with her new husband Bobby, a famous chess champion, when he begins acting strangely.