Having vanquished his foes, Axis heads off to the Icarri stronghold to claim his heritage, but as he learns to wield his new Enchanter powers, he once again encounters Ashure, the woman warrior, and runs afoul of his scheming half-brother, Borneheld.

Janice, Tess, and LuAnn are struggling to turn a Ohio mansion, which had served as a stop on the Underground Railroad, into a bed and breakfast. These plans are halted when Janice discovers skeletal human remains, along side an antique photo of a woman and child, inside the mansion.

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.

LuAnn, Janice, and Tess have finally turned an old Ohio hotel, which had served as a stop on the Underground Railroad, into a bed and breakfast. However, a broken elevator marred opening day and local handyman, Thorn, has disappeared. LuAnn discovers a valuable Civil-War era bracelet in Thorn's toolbox, which is a part of a long-ago tale of theft, betrayal, and sacrifice.

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.

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...

The Wayfarer Inn is hosting the debut for a traveling theater company, but acts of sabotage soon derail the production. Meanwhile, Harry gives the inn a box of old books from his antique shop that includes a battered fragment of an antique script. A clue on the cover makes the Inn Crowd wonder if it has something to do with the inn's role as a station on the Underground Railroad.

When an unexpected guest arraives at Wayfarers Inn, claiming not to remember anything about his past, Tess and her friends are intrigues and slightly suspicious. Meanwhile, the Inn Crowd plans for their first-ever Easter egg hunt and they discover a more likebale side to their news nemesis, Karl Mannus, when he stays at the inn with his wife. However, Karl starts chasing down a story that could shatter a venerable Marietta family.

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....