Lorna Hirste is released from the Llewellyn Mental Institution after being incarcerated for fifteen years for killing a young man in a cemetery.

Jenny Price, Lorna's lawyer who works for a legal partnership that helps the unfortunate, has spent two years working toward her release. Lorna serves her time, but Jenny feels an affinity to help her on a personal front once she's out of the institution.

The only fly in the ointment is Susan Stark, a journalist with the Daily Post who has been assigned to obtain an exclusive from Lorna, a person the newspaper once nicknamed the Gravekeeper.

What happens next within the backdrop of a ghost hunt, Afghanistan, and misunderstandings is a quixotic morass of events that lead eventually to a romantic conclusion none of the women expected.  

Librarian Sydney Burke is an avid birder and outdoorswoman. She has been single for several years after a longtime relationship ended. She meets Michelle and falls in love with her. However, Michelle is married to Robert, an abusive husband, and is afraid of him. She wants out of the marriage to be with Sydney but fears what Robert will do to them. Will the women be able to break free from the dangerous Robert and build a loving relationship with each other? Can Sydney help Michelle take flight to a new and safe life?