Plot summary

Shannon Hughes of Hughes Restoration in Lighthouse Cove, Oregon, volunteers to be the lead in a renovation of a donated Tudor mansion to Sunny Site Housing for a social housing project, her current client and friend, reporter turned crime novelist Macintyre Sullivan, allowing her to take a break working on his house to do so. Mac, Mac’s visiting teenaged niece Callie Sullivan, Shannon’s assistant Sean Brogans, her best friend Jennifer Hennessey, and her father Pete Hughes are among the many others volunteering their time on the project. Two others volunteering are Jim Hopkins and his teenaged son Elliot Hopkins, who will be the recipients of one of the seven units. While working on the renovation, Mac meets Whitney Sloane, Officer Tommy Sloane’s bookstore owning sister who asks him to do a book signing at her store. The mansion donation was negotiated between Sunny Site Housing administrator Marie Bishop and the bank represented by one of their VPs, Dave Drummond. The donation, …