International wine consultant Sarah McKee comes home from an extended business trip to discover her elderly friend Landon Harris has died unexpectedly. But before he passed away, he called her numerous times and sent a letter, begging her to undertake a quest for a daughter he never knew he had. The fate of his winery is at stake—a winery that is the cornerstone of Sonoma Valley. Sarah, ever the pragmatist, grapples with the request. After all, her friend is dead. But her suspicions are aroused when she starts asking questions. Landon's son, Jean-Paul, warns her to quit interfering, Landon's loyal assistant is fired, and an inquest reveals the chilling truth—Landon's demise was not from natural causes. As Sarah delves deeper into the case, she uncovers a web of deceit, greed, and a centuries-old wrong. But with time running out, can she locate the missing heir before everything Landon Harris loved is lost forever?

A week before the fabulous Flight of Fancy Charity Auction in Sonoma, California, someone kills a counterfeiter concocting fakes of very expensive wine. Wine expert Sarah McKee is called in to help identify the victim—if she can. Whoever killed him took his wallet, car, and computer—as well as his face. What they didn't take was a list in the dead man's pocket—a mystifying series of numbers, circles and checkmarks.Then a second man is killed, and the same list is found. Prints on the murder weapon point to Sarah's friend, Zach Sullivan, who is struggling to put his world back together after his father gambled away the family winery. Zach is the only one with a motive for killing both men.Determined to clear Zach's name, Sarah teams up with a sexy, by-the-book sheriff to investigate the murders. But as they get closer to the truth, Sarah discovers the counterfeit ring will stop at nothing to protect their lucrative operation. Can Sarah figure out...

Treasure is hard to find. Dead bodies aren't.A search for treasure turns deadly when wine consultant Sarah McKee is asked to help locate a hidden vault, where the legendary treasure of Belle Vue Winery is rumored to be stowed. But when the chamber is finally unsealed, Sarah and her team find a body face down on the floor and no treasure in sight. How did the victim get in the walled-up chamber? And who killed them? Was there ever a treasure? If so, who stole it? Only a handful of people are privy to the location of the secret vault. One of them has to be the killer. Or the thief. Or both. It's up to Sarah to figure out who did what. Until then, no one is leaving Belle Vue.