Maddie VanderWald has given up her life on the mainland to claim her late aunt's estate. One day she hopes to develop it into the bed and breakfast inn of her dreams. However, the will specifies that if she doesn't live on the isolated island, her second cousin will get everything and she'll be left in the cold.To make things worse, Maddie accidentally throws out a priceless diamond brooch while sorting her aunts things and must retrieve it from the dump.When someone vandalizes the estate. Maddie suspects Luke Garrett, an environmentalist but she has no proof. The islanders side with Luke, not the newcomer. During the investigation Maddie learns her property sits on part of a sacred Native American site. With hostile neighbors, environmentalists, vandalism, and Native American activists, what else could possibly go wrong? Can Maddie find a solution on this island only 26 miles off the coast of Southern California?