Loveda Brown is a governess for a wealthy 1911 Boston family, but things are about to get complicated.
The August heat could be blamed for short tempers and frizzy curls, but only Loveda Brown would know how a dead man landed in her third-floor bedroom unannounced. Or would she? The clock ticks down as Loveda and her best friend Bea try to untangle the mystery while her future becomes dimmer than a sixteen-watt lightbulb. Can she take the heat? Or will the truth shock her world?