It's summertime, but the living's not easy for Roxy Constantine. There's a beehive thief loose in Shavano County, and her beloved Nate Robicheaux has hired her high school crush as his assistant. Looks like the perfect time to create a honey-sweetened jam for the summer months. But then the honey thefts turn serious, and a woman is murdered at the biggest barbecue of the year. Roxy thinks she sees a connection between a mysterious honey company and the Shavano crime wave, but her quest for information leads to a terrifying encounter that sends her to the hospital. Now she needs answers, and her fugitive long-lost love may be the only one who has them.