Hundreds of years ago, the last humans on Earth boarded the Exodus Fleet in search of a new home among the stars. After centuries spent wandering empty space, their descendants were eventually accepted by the well-established species that govern the Milky Way. But that was long ago. Today, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, the birthplace of many, yet a place few outsiders have ever visited. While the Exodans take great pride in their original community...

Three friends purchase a historic hotel in Marietta, Ohio, and learn it was a stop on the Underground Railroad. When strange things begin happening at the inn, an old journal written by former slave and Underground Railroad "conductor", Prudence Willard, may offer shed light on the present-day mysteries at the inn.

When Marietta's annual dog show comes to town, the Inn Crowd decides to open the inn to participants and their families. When Jelly, the dog poised to win Best in Breed, goes missing, Tess immediately suspects foul play.

The ladies of the Wayfarers Inn have planned a sweetheart banquet, but everything goes wrong. Meanwhile, Janice suspects her son Stuart has been keeping a very big secret from her.

The women of the Wayferer Inn investigate the thefts of a framed "Eliza" print from the Inn and a first-edition copy of Uncle Tom's Cabin from the local Underground Railroad Museum. Meanwhile, Brad Grimes, LuAnn's friend-turned-boyfriend, seems like he's really getting serious about their relationship.

Marla surprised everyone at Wayfarers Inn when she announced her engagement, despite the red flags that her friend Janice sees. While clearing out the church belfry in anticipation of the wedding, Janice, Tess, and LuAnn find an old Bible from Marla's ancestor, famed abolitionist William Still. That night, a suspicious fire breaks out in the bell tower, leading the friends to ponder if someone was trying to spoil Marla's wedding plans or trying to...

Moses Willard, the great-great grandson of original owners of the house now turned into Wayfarers Inn, has come with his family to visit the inn. However, Moses has been receiving anonymous notes suggesting that someone is holding the Willard family treasure for ransom. At the same time, inn co-owner Tess has had a falling out with her grown daughter Lizzie and it's up to her friends, LuAnn and Janice, to help patch things up between the two.

On the Fourth of July, Tess and her friends find a myserious brooch at the Wayfarers Inn. When Tess takes it to a jeweler for appraisal, it is stolen before he can find a clue about its origins. As the Inn crowd digs into the mystery, they learn that among their current guests are the descendants of a man suspected, one hundred and fifty years ago, of stealing this same brooch.

Janice's son is about to propose to his girlfriend, Zelda. Before he can pop the question, Zelda is accused of stealing money meant for Marietta's annual Thanksgiving Feast. Janice and her friends from the Wayfaerers Inn must clear Zelda's name.

LuAnn Sherrill has just started as chair of the Marietta Christmas-in-History tour but is already overwhelmed by the demands of Fern McPherson. Things are further complicated when one of Luann's former students comes to town to visit her sister Michele, who is immediately carried off to the hospital unconscious. LuAnn and her friends at the Wayfarers Inn must make sense of the cryptic notes in Michele's notebook and solve a possible crime before Christmas....