Katherine Jessica Chandler, an up-and-coming jewel cutter, has been handed the opportunity of a lifetime. Arthur McCloud, one of the foremost collectors of gemstones in the world, has commissioned her to cut The Seven Sins-seven extraordinarily rare sapphires worth millions-a job that would make her professional reputation.

Kate asks the one man she knows she can trust, her friend Lee, to transport the gems from McCloud’s offices in Arizona to her studio on Forida’s lush Sanibel Island and back again. But on his way cross country, Lee is brutally murdered and the Seven Sins stolen. Who ever was behind the murder and theft will stop at nothing to make his escape, and unless she can discover the killer’s identity, Kate knows she’s going to lose not only her career, but her life … .