When archeologist Athena Grey learns that she has inherited the near priceless work of art she was named after, she unwittingly becomes involved in a dangerous art theft masterminded by the elegant but mysterious Montero Courtney. Her journey takes her from her hometown in Michigan to the New England coast and across the Atlantic to the Greek village of Agios Titos, where she finds the truth not only about the inhabitants of Brightwater and the man she thinks she loves, but her namesake as well.