Life is simply divine in seaside Somerset Harbor, Maine, and the holiday season is no exception – although antiques shop owner Maggie Watson wishes time wouldn’t fly quite so fast. Not only is she trying to prepare for Christmas with her daughter, Emily, but Carriage House Antiques has been bustling with gift-seeking customers. Maggie is swiftly caught up in a mysterysurrounding an elaboreate antique angel she recently purchased at the estate sale of late socialite Abigail Conrad, whose dubious final demands make it clear she was no saint.

Although the expesive clockwork toy requires repair, Maggie is beseiged by strangers with uncanny interest in the antique, including Abigail’s scorned nephew, Simon, an unscrupulous out-of-towner with devilish intentions. And an odd item dislodged from inside the angel’s works disappears nearly as soon as it is found, leaving Maggie with more questions about Abigail. When she goes to confront Simon, houwever, she discoveres him dead under suspicious circumstances.

With her cherished frinds acting a guardian angels, Maggie commits to moving heaven and earth to solve Simon’s death and decipher the puzzle of his aunt’s cryptic final wishes – despite the increasing pressure she feels to put on the perfect Christmas for her loved ones. But will a wing and a prayer be enough, or will someone else suffer a fatal fall from grace?