Ebenezer Spooge is an adult film star who specializes in holiday films. Until today, that is. Today, hes determined that his life will take a new　and abstinent　turn. After a terrible fight with his director, he swears to give it all up, live a clean, boring life, and never need to worry about fluffers, lubricant, or multiple takes again.

Gorg is an alien from a galaxy far away who crash lands on our little blue planet right in Ebenezers backyard. Although Ebenezer refuses to believe Gorg is real, and that everything he sees is an illusion or delusion, Gorg refuses to give up. Gorg is entranced by the holidays and by the lithe little human who hates them and everything associated with them and is determined to bring joy back into Ebenezers life.

Grace is an architect from Denver who spends time every autumn in Summit Springs where she builds a hay maze for charity. This year is the same as always, and she loves it.

Molly works as a server at the Whitewater, where she meets Grace. Shes attracted to Grace and feels like a connection might be there. When Grace invites her to walk the maze, she jumps at the opportunity to see Grace again.

When they walk the maze, though, they find a dead body lying between the bales! Not only that, but they find themselves suspects in the murder. Things spiral as Molly and Grace try to solve the mysterious death, and during their investigation, as they weed through several red herrings, they fall in love. Will they solve the case or take the rap for a murder they didnt commit?

Rodney the rooster has been a staple　an unwanted staple　at the Darque and Knight Rodeo for years. Always an irritation, jumping out and squawking, pecking at anyone passing by for no reason other than a cranky mood. But theres more to Rodney than meets the eye　much more, and its about to show its face to everyone after years of secrecy.

Gideon is a man without a memory. Found wandering the rodeos midway by none other than Rodney, hes handsome and mysterious and is wearing an oddly familiar patch on his jacket. The patch is from the Red Wattle Clan, a society of bird-shifters all too well known to Rodney.

Rodney decides to help Gideon get his memory back because he fears great danger is coming to the Darque and Knight Rodeo, and he might be the only rooster in town who can stop it. What he doesnt count on is falling in love with a man who might turn out to be his worst enemy.