A hot air balloon, lost children in the woods, and a collie litter with a supposed curse on it draw Jennet Ferguson into a deadly confrontation. When the passengers in a crashed hot air balloon disappear, Jennet Ferguson searches for two missing children who were kidnapped. Soon afterward, a novice collie breeder asks Jennet to help extricate her from a puppy mix-up with serious repercussions, and a young girl begs Jennet to find the runaway collie puppy she won in a raffle.