A dark secret threatens the future of the Shreve family It<U+2019>s August 24 and Joanne Shreve and her husband, Zack, are savoring the last lazy days of summer and looking forward to the birth of a new grandchild; involvement in the campaign of Ali Janvier, a gifted politician with a solid chance of becoming the province<U+2019>s next premier; and the debut of Sisters and Strangers, the six-part series Joanne co-wrote that focuses on her early life. The series is the flagship of a new slate of programming, and MediaNation is counting on a big return. Joanne and Zack<U+2019>s stake in the series<U+2019>s success is personal. Their daughter, Taylor, is in a relationship with one of the show<U+2019>s stars, and Vale Frazier is already like family to them. It seems the “season of mist and mellow fruitfulness” will be a bountiful one for the Shreves. But when a charismatic young woman wearing a grief amulet that contains a lock of her dead brother<U+2019>s hair and a dark secret becomes part of their lives, the success of Sisters and Strangers and the future of Taylor and Vale<U+2019>s relationship are jeopardized, and only Joanne and Zack can put an end to the threat.