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In 1949, during her junior year abroad in Paris, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis bought several inexpensive paintings of Marie-Antoinette by a little-known 18th-century female artist. She also had a romantic relationship with Virginia vineyard owner Lucie Montgomery’s French grandfather - until recently, a well-kept secret. Seventy years later, Cricket Delacroix, Lucie’s neighbor and Jackie’s schoolfriend, is donating the now priceless paintings to a Washington, DC, museum.

Archaeologist Annja Creed reluctantly accepts an assignment on behalf of the US Government. She is to lead an expedition to the top of Mount Ararat to find the truth about what is thought to be the remains of Noah's Ark. But while she doubts the massive anomaly is really the Ark, she can't help but wonder what is up there. Annja must escort a group of militant fundamentalists through civil unrest in eastern Turkey, but the impending war is nothing compared to the danger that lies hidden within the team. 

When you hunt a killer, you never believe that you could become the prey. Lincoln Jade is a college senior and aspiring investigative journalist coping with cystic fibrosis. She hopes to make her mark in the world interviewing Barry “Blue” Hawkins, a living urban legend, believing he holds the answers to decades-old cold cases. Her classmates and best friends, Windy and Jamie, lend a hand with her project when not investigating a bizarre community illness 700 miles away. They soon team up with Lincoln’s dad, Detective Rick Jade, who is chasing a demon from his past.