Amanda is on a journey. She is leaving her southern plantation life to sail to her grandmother's childhood home up north. Grandmother sees great things in Amanda's future- strength, independence, even passion. But she could never have predicted the adventure ahead...

Late one night on a steamboat, Amanda witnesses a terrible crime. And the villain steals her piece of the family quilt. Without it, she must find a new way to prove her heritage to the Chelmsford clan, all the while hiding from the villain who follows her.

The key to Amanda's security may lie through a mysterious blue door at the family mill. But it will take an extraordinary amount of courage to open that door and confront the man behind it- the man who tore apart the family quilt so many years ago.