Upon her father's death Esther Carlisle inherited his antique shop Just as she's about to close one night a man walks in claiming to have known her father He also hands her a stack of letters her father had presumably written to him and informs her that her wilddreaming daddy discovered the location of the legendary chocolate diamond Just as Cullen Murphy is about to leave he sees two men -- up to no good -- heading for the shop As shots are fired he pushes Esther back and diverts attention from her so that she can get away As Esther reads her father's letters she begins to realize that the childhood adventure stories he told her had more truth than fantasy to them Did her father really uncover the mysteries of the most soughtafter diamond in the world? And if he did could he have been murdered? Will she and Cullen be next? Esther may not trust Cullen but staying at his side is the only way for her to find the diamond -- and stay alive