Ramona, a battered wife, plans to kill her husband and make it look like an accident. After his death, while going through his belongings, she finds papers he has written that make no sense. When her mama commits suicide, she finds her mama's diaries. The diaries begin just before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Ramona is amazed at what she learns about her mama, the sheriff, and the whole town of Addison, Georgia, where she lives. Ramona is falling in love with the sheriff, but is terrified he will discover that her husband's death wasn't an accident. The town's wealthiest man wants to buy the shack that Ramona and her husband, Jake, lived in. He is willing to pay double what it's worth. The doctor that Ramona works for is trying to get her to leave town. Her landlord is found snooping in Ramona's apartment. She doesn't know who she can trust.

Vicky flees from an abusive foster father, and jumps on the first bus out of the small Georgia town where she lives. The bus takes her to New Orleans, where she meets Dave Boudreau, a pimp with a heart of gold. He has four girls living in the home he inherited from his parents, and tries to ease Vicky into a world of prostitution. When one of the hookers and her best friend, Jesse, give Vicky an unusual necklace for her sixteenth birthday, she recognizes it from a repeating nightmare she's had since childhood. This event starts her on a quest to find out about her past. Discovering that her real name is Judith McCain and she comes from a wealthy family is the good news. As for the bad news, she feels she must bring those responsible for it to justice.

When Amy's husband divorces her and files for bankruptcy, she needs to find a job. She can't believe her luck when a prominent psychiatrist hires her to take his six year old daughter, Jenny, on a train to spend the summer with her grandparents. Before they arrive in Florida, Jenny is missing. The FBI questions Amy and threaten to arrest her. The psychiatrist who hired her accuses her of kidnapping his duaghter. No one believes her. She wonders if she is losing her mind.

Joanie, a struggling college student, inherits a Christmas tree from her great-aunt, who was very wealthy. Joanie would have preferred money to pay for tuition and books. The tree is ratty and ugly. Joanie and her mama decide to put the tree up for Christmas this year, and then throw it away. The tree will not let Joanie, her mama, or her mama's boyfriend string new lights on it. Every time they try, the lights explode. Ornaments sit in the same box the tree was in. When they decorate the tree with these ornaments, it lights up and becomes beautiful. Joanie discovers that if she focuses on an ornament, she is taken to another time and place.

This is a personal story about Meniere's Disease presented in a graphic memoir that covers diagnosis, treatment and ultimately living with hearing loss. The many lessons learned along the way will benefit and inspire anyone that is touched by this disease. A must read for Meniere's patients and their caregivers.

Judith McCain returns to Monroe Beach to help Sarah James, who sees women standing behind her in her mirror, that turn up dead on the beach. Sarah dreams of the killer but can't make out his face. Then she sees herself behind her image in the mirror and fears for her life. Judith is called upon by the FBI to profile a killer who rapes his victims, dresses them in a white robe, and then drowns them. Although she has no problem profiling the killer, Judith feels she is in over her head when it comes to helping Sarah. She calls Delilah, the older black woman with second sight, who is Dave Boudreau's cook and housekeeper, to help her. They head down to Jacksonville, to Oceans Sands Psychiatric Center, and meet with Dr. Anna Stevens, who helped Julia, Judith's sister, when she tried to commit suicide.

Someone is terrorizing the people on the beach. Sarah James lives in a condo on the beach and owns a boutique close by. Her boyfriend, Robert Kola, is the sheriff of Monroe Beach. He is worried about Sarah and wants her to move in with him so he can protect her. She refuses. Things are happening to her that she can't explain. She receives merchandise for her shop that she doesn't remember ordering. Someone who smokes has put mileage on her car. Then she finds bloody clothes in the back of her closet and believes that someone is trying to frame her for murder.