The fall holidays are fast approaching in Roseland, Georgia, and despite a November heat wave, jewelry designer Emma Madison can’t wait to set up shop at her town’s annual Christmas bazaar, where she’s hoping to dazzle the crowds and see brisk sales of her cheerful charms and riveting rhinestones. But someone has other plans for the beloved holiday extravaganza, and the bazaar’s controversial organizer, the leader of the Happy Hometown program, turns up dead. As the newest Happy Hometown board member, Emma gets drawn into the investigation of their departed leader, a woman who ruffled lots of feathers and made few friends during her short stint in town.

Someone on the naughty list appears to have it out for the program and its board members, and if Emma doesn’t watch her back, their red-hot revenge will take the happy out of her holidays and turn her Thanksgiving into a silent night.