FBI special agent James Quinlan journeys undercover to the town of The Cove, where Sally St. John Brainerd is hiding from police who want to question her about her possible involvement in her father's murder.
Gossip runs rampant in the quaint town of Cedar Cove when a Vietnam veteran dies in Peggy Beldon's Bed and Breakfast, Jon Bowman and Maryellen Sherman prepare to get married, and several older widows find love and a little bit of scandal.