Joseph Kenneally is happy to go down to the Louisiana bayou for Christmas when Hank Patterson asks him to personally help investigate a murder while keeping a town's mayor safe. But he never expects that Ami Novak will ignite his dormant libido quicker than her spicy Gumbo. It's evident from the start this assignment is more than he bargains for, and it has nothing to do with the killer who is threatening her life or killing prominent town members one by one. It's the state of his bachelorhood that is at stake and he's not sure he can get out of this bayou town fast enough as soon as the case is solved.