The wedding of Pepper Pomeroy's sister, Felicity, ends in tragedy when the bartender that she befriended earlier in the evening drops dead from a lethal nightcap. Although the authorities think it is a tragic accident, Pepper wants to know who would want to kill a virtual stranger at a wedding reception. A search into the victim's past reveals a twisty path of secret sororities, well-connected enemies, and an unsolved slaying still shadowing members of high society, including a wealthy battle-ax whose demands for the services of Pepper's Perfect Proposals are starting to sound more like veiled threats.