"In March 1865, the long and bitter War between the States is winding down. Till now, twenty-three-year-old Simon Boudlin has evaded military duty thanks to his slight stature, youthful appearance, and utter lack of compunction about bending the truth. But following a barroom brawl in Victoria, Texas, Simon finds himself conscripted, however belatedly, into the Confederate Army. Luckily his talent with a fiddle gets him a comparatively easy position...

"World-famous fiddle player Barley McFee arrives in blustery Bellewick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, for a grand homecoming concert organized by jeweler Bernice Brennan. Fiona Knox, owner of the Climbing Rose Flower Shop, is starting to regret volunteering to help with the concert. Bernice is an exacting taskmaster, and Fiona has enough tension dealing with her parents, who have traveled from Tennessee to visit Fi and her younger sister, Isla, and to...

The wild magic in the salt air and the thrum of the sea has always added spice to Beet MacNeil's childhood adventures with her older cousin, Gerry as they explored their Prince Edward Island home. When Gerry comes up the path one early spring morning, he is soaking wet and silent, and he plays a haunting tune on his fiddle that chills Beet to the bone. Things only get worse when Marina Shaw saunters into town and takes an unsettling interest in Gerry's...