Carole Jefferson

Just when Sadie Speers learns that her pen pal's church roof has collapsed, she comes across a stash of antiques in Campfire Chapel's attic. Sadie immediately sees the potential for selling the items to help her friend's struggling Appalachian church. But when she tries to convince the congregation to allow her to do so, dissent amongst the members breaks out about how the money should be used -- which becomes a moot point when it is stolen.

Sadie Speers, Silver Peak's "Antique Lady," loves owning and running her shop, the Antique Mine. When Edwin, her high school sweetheart, shows her an old wedding dress he found in his attic, Sadie guesses the dress belonged to her great-aunt Rachel Wright, Silver Peak's famous runaway bride. But that's not all that's revealed: there's a hole in the bodice of the dress and a pistol inscribed with the initials of Sadie's grandfather. As Sadie searches...

"When Sadie Speer's grandson, Theo Macomb, finds an old ledger at a yard sale in Denver, he eagerly shows it to her. Oddly, the book contains diary entries, not numbers. It seems to hold clues to an unsolved Silver Peak bank robbery that implicated the father of James Morgan, the current bank president and Edwin Marshall's opponent for the mayoral race. Theo tells his friends about the book, inadvertently renewing speculation about the scandal and...

Sadie Speers has been asked to act as a historical consultant for a TV series called American Treasure Chest. They're examining the story of a star-crossed love affair involving a prominent mining family that ended in a rumored murder more than 50 years ago.

"Sadie Speers is helping a local family restore a venerable old house to its original splendor. When her friend Ann arrives from California to help plan their upcoming high school reunion, Ann confides that she's actually there for something more: she's just learned that her DNA does not match her parents'. As they consider the implications, a strange necklace slips out from Ann's collar. Sadie immediately recognizes the design as a match for a distinctive...