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Assistant cruise director Millie Sanders is overwhelmed when her boss takes an emergency leave of absence to care for his ailing mother, and discovers she’s now in charge of the entire ship’s entertainment. As if she didn’t have enough on her plate, a family of special “guests” arrives for a last-minute cruise, which threatens to send Millie over the edge. Her anxiety turns to outright panic when the manager of the ship’s art gallery discovers several expensive pieces of art have been stolen, and she is pointing fingers at both Andy and Millie!

Assistant Cruise Director Millie Sanders' day is off to a shockingly bad start when her boss “volunteers” her to be his guinea pig for a stun gun self-defense class in front of her fellow shipmates. Loyal to a fault, she agrees but almost immediately regrets her decision. Meanwhile, several crewmembers have become violently ill and possibly on the verge of death after eating food prepared from the galley kitchen, operated by her best friend, Annette Delacroix.

The Christmas season is in full swing on board the cruise ship, Siren of the Seas, thanks to Andy Walker, the ship’s cruise director who is all in on his new holiday theme, “The Reindeer Games".

Millie returns from the trip and discovers that Sophia has become ill. Her illness takes a chilling turn when the ship’s doctor discovers the woman has been poisoned and all of the clues point to Millie as the one responsible. Sophia accuses Millie and files a formal complaint against her. The head of security promises to get to the bottom of it, but time is running out. Will Millie and the gang solve the mystery of the peculiar poisoning...or will she be fired from her job and sent back to the States?

Andy and a rival cruise director embark on a friendly wager to see whose cruise ship passengers are enjoying the new season’s fall festivities the most. It’s all hands on deck as Andy and his entertainment staff jump through hoops to ensure they win the bet. But it’s not all fun and games when a crew member dies, and to make matters worse it’s Danielle’s new cabin mate.

Months after the untimely death of mafia-made man Vinnie Garlucci, his devoted wife, Carlita, discovers a mysterious key in one of his pockets while sorting through his belongings. With help from her daughter, Mercedes, she sets off to find out what the mysterious key belongs to and soon discovers she has inherited property in historic Savannah, Georgia. Carlita views the property as a sign and remembers Vinnie's dying words to her to get their family out of the mafia.

The Garlucci family business, “Savannah Swag”, is finally open, and business is brisk. Carlita is happy with the way her son is managing the pawnshop and their new part-time employees, so she can focus on renting out their last vacant apartment. When a mysterious man shows up on her doorstep with wads of cash, offering to pay the deposit and first month's rent and even offers to sweeten the deal with some extra cash, Carlita is tempted. She quickly discovers that the man is not all he seems to be.

Carlita Garlucci is thrilled that her son Tony has arrived in Savannah to help with the opening of their new pawnshop Savannah Swag. While giving her son a tour of the property, they stumble upon a hidden trapdoor that leads to an undiscovered basement with a tunnel. Curious to find out where the tunnel leads, Tony breaks through the wall and discovers underground passageways rumored to have been used by pirates to smuggle their stolen goods into the historic city.

Fall has arrived in the tiny town of Divine, Kansas, and the area residents are gearing up for the annual fall festival including Delta, who is determined to win the baking contest and beat last year's reigning champion. Meanwhile, one of Joanna Pepperdine's Second Chance residents, Sherry Marshall, is hired as a server at Divine Delicatessen. Not everyone is thrilled with the new employee, and soon after, the person tasked with training her is murdered, and Sherry becomes the prime suspect.

Joanna Pepperdine has decided to host an open house at her place to give the Divine, Kansas, locals a chance to meet not only her but also the residents of the halfway house she's opened for former female convicts. Despite her fears the event will blow up in her face, it goes off without a hitch...until one of the guests finds a wallet, belonging to a local man who is missing. Soon after, the missing man's body is found near the farm, which leads the authorities to Jo's place. They uncover more clues, all pointing toward someone who lives at the farm.

Samantha Rite is about to embark on a life-changing journey, when she and her daughter decide to move 1200 miles, away from all that she's ever known to be with Lee, the love of her life. Just hours before the big move, with the moving truck packed and ready to hit the road, Lee and his best friend Donovan mysteriously disappear. Determined to find them, Sam enlists the help of her sister, and begins the long, perilous move to Florida.

Since returning home recently from her never-to-be-forgotten cruise vacation, Samantha Rite has been busy trying to catch up at work and settle back into her normal day-to-day routine. Little does she know, her simple and quiet life is about to be thrown into turmoil as she has unknowingly become a pawn in a deadly game of deception. As she desperately struggles to make sense of it all, she soon realizes that someone she loves more than life itself is now in danger as well.

Samantha Rite is in desperate need of a vacation. Her life is shattered when after 21 years of marriage, her husband walks out on her, leaving her for another woman. Her family decides now would be the perfect time for her to take a relaxing vacation. Before she can change her mind, she and her older sister are booked on a weeklong Caribbean cruise. Just days before the trip, her sister is involved in a horrible accident and is unable to go. Persuaded to take this trip alone, Sam finds herself caught in the middle of a deadly adventure of a lifetime. Will she make it out alive?

When Carlita Garlucci’s annoying tenant Elvira Cobb turns up missing, Carlita and her daughter spring into action and begin looking for clues to her whereabouts. They soon discover a mysterious message on Elvira’s answering machine. The message is from a man with possible NY mob ties. They fear that Elvira has put all of their lives in jeopardy after the mysterious man is found floating facedown in the Savannah River.

Carlita and Mercedes Garlucci have settled into their new life in Savannah and are eager to get their rental units occupied as well as their other businesses up and running - but the local permit officials are dragging their feet with delay after delay.

When Mercedes decides to help move things along by organizing a protest for justice in front of the local government offices, things go from bad to worse as one by one, all of the protesters become targets of vandals.

Despite the fact that the Garlucci family was not even in Savannah at the time the victim was murdered, they can't prove it. The other members of SAS are convinced the Garlucci family murdered one of their own while Carlita is convinced that someone is trying to frame them. Can the mother / daughter duo figure out who the real killer is, or will the police dig into Carlita's past and discover that she has her own share of secrets she's trying desperately to leave behind?

Carlita, Mercedes, and Tony are gearing up to celebrate their first Thanksgiving at their new home in historic Savannah, Georgia. Along with the excitement of the upcoming holiday season, there’s a lingering sadness because part of their family won’t be there to celebrate. When Carlita’s friend, Victoria “Tori” Montgomery, invites the Garlucci family to her “Merry Masquerade” party at Montgomery Hall, Carlita is thrilled to have something to take her mind off the approaching holiday.

Carlita Garlucci is thrilled that her daughter-in-law and grandchildren have arrived in Savannah for their first visit. She secretly hopes that they will fall in love with the area and decide to move to the beautiful city, bringing her that much closer to fulfilling her late husband’s dying wish. The family is on their way and Carlita is anxiously awaiting their arrival when she receives an urgent phone call from her daughter, Mercedes, who is in the riverfront district, where she was planning to meet another author to discuss a cold case murder.