Rafe Belloch, a powerful railroad baron, is accustomed to being in control. When a masked young woman steals his valuables and leaves him naked in the street, he vows to find her and get even. Two years later he meets demure debutante Mystere Rillieux.
As Chandelle and Marvin Hutchins deal with growing financial and emotional pressures in their marriage, Cousin Dior comes to visit. Beautiful but irresponsible, Dior loves excitement and will use anyone--even Chandelle and Marvin--to get it.
In 1947 St. Louis, Ms. Etta's is the place where a sinner can get all the boozy action he craves--that is until ladies' man Baltimore Floyd rolls into town and falls in the sack with the wrong woman.
Badger Jenkins, a driver past his prime, is recruited by an all-female pit crew to drive their new car. But every woman has a different plan to get the car into the fast lane, and it's not long before the women collide--both on and off the track.
Two brothers agree to settle their simmering feud at an old desert mission. But then they find a pile of dead bodies there--and one mortally wounded survivor who promises them riches beyond their dreams if they return his prized possessions to Canyon Diablo.
A rawhide-tough horse thief rides up from Mexico with a lightning-quick draw that leaves a trail of dead criminals in his wake. His son Herschel now wears a badge, but many years have passed since he left his boy to chase down sunsets.
Drew Staley, grieving over the death of his fianc�ee, finds a soulmate in Betty Robinson, but after a hasty marriage, they slowly drift apart and complications arise when Betty's former lover returns.
Joi Weston was once a popular television actress. Now she feels forgotten as offers of acting jobs disappear, and her husband immerses himself in a political career. Young writer Michael Brockmeir wonders if he will ever emerge from the shadow of his father, a world-famous author. When Joi and Michael meet, they feel a mutual inspiration and excitement.
Treading the thin line between the living and the dead, PI Harper Blaine is on a search for a valuable clue about her past when her killer is himself murdered. To find his ghost, she will have to navigate many supernatural dangers--but the chance to shed new light on her previous life and her father's murder is too hard for Harper to pass up.
Lila Mae Watson -- the first black female inspector in the world's tallest city -- has the highest performance rating of anyone in the Department of Elevator Services. This upsets her superiors because she inspects them simply by the feelings she gets by riding in them. When a brand new elevator crashes, she becomes caught in a conflict.
