As Marble Cove prepares for its annual Fall Fest, Diane finds that success as a writer comes with a price. No sooner has her book been accepted for publication than her publisher tells her they want it to be part of a series. Diane sets out to create two new story ideas- pronto! But can she repeat the success of her first book? How will her friendships suffer because of her urgent task?

Meanwhile, Margaret discovers a way to generate income for her gallery- and maybe for the Bauer family too- even as it makes her paintings available to more people. Shelley can’t help comparing herself to a “superwoman” acquaintance and finds herself lacking, but her bigger challenge is how to launch a baking a business when her kitchen isn’t up to par. And Beverly embraces her new life in Marble Cove by helping create Web sites for her friends’ businesses.

When the four women get word that a mysterious stranger seems every bit as interested in Orlean Point Light as they are, they set out to discover who he is. What is his connection to the unexplained lights each one of them has seen?