Tommi Poag joins the board of the condo homeowners association and soon finds the members embroiled in a lawsuit filed by an irate homeowner whose show dog escapes when house painters inadvertently let it out. Not long after, the same homeowner is murdered during the reenactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, a Revolutionary War battle, where he plays the role of a sutler or merchant. Tommi's friend Garland Merritt, a Captain in the Continentals, is arrested when trace amounts of the victims blood are found on his sword. Tommie has her work cut out for her as she tries to solve the murder and free her friend.
