On the winding roads leading to Monaco, a convertible careens off the road and over the cliffs – killing a mother and leaving her distraught daughter Amelia in critical condition. Amelia's accident reveals that she is not truly her father's daughter. Against her aristocratic fiance's wishes, Amelia sets out on a quest to find her biological parents that leads her to Salem. She begins a determined investigation of the denizens of the city and tracks down the possibilities – Patch and Kayla, Bo and Hope, John and Marlena – gobbling up every bit of history she can find. As she uncovers secrets and scandals, she finds herself growing dangerously close to the truth.