Manhattan event planner Liv Montgomery has tired of city life and relocates to Celebration Bay, New York, with her Westie terrier, Whiskey. She has a chance to prove her skills with the Harvest by the Bay festival, and all goes well until the body of an itinerant juggler is found stuffed into an antique apple press. With the town's livelihood is at stake, Liv is determined to find the killer.

With Independence Day fast approaching, Liv Montgomery is swamped coordinating one of the town's biggest festivals. In addition to the traditional July fourth events, the town stages a spooky Revolutionary War reenactment that can't be missed. Every year, the ghost of local war hero Henry Gallantine--played by his eccentric descendant of the same name--appears at the top of the family mansion, kicking off the night's revelries.