A honeymoon goes tragically wrong when new groom, Brendan, falls off a hotel balcony, leaving his bride, Sarah, devastated. When the autopsy points to murder, Sarah must quickly prove her innocence or risk a lifetime separated from her stepdaughter.

Ashley is a creative writing graduate student who is one thesis away from graduating. Miles Blake, a celebrity murder mystery writer comes to her university to teach. She gets assigned to be his TA, and they strike up a sort of friendship.