Athena (yes that is her name) Spencer (non-Greek father) returns home with her young son to Sequoia, Michigan, after a devastating marriage and divorce. She moves in with her family which includes her mother Hera, Queen of the Greek Gods; her sisters Delphi, named after the Oracle; Selene, goddess of the moon; Maia, goddess of the fields; and lastly her non-Greek father John Spencer. And Greek families are known for their togetherness so add in Yiayia and Pappou - gram and grampa.
Working late one night at the family's garden center, Athena encounters a young man armed with a small knife scraping at the base of the giant Athena statue her grandfather purchased. Surprised and equally nervous about this encounter, she asks for an explanation and is stunned to hear it. Case Donnelly is trying to discover if the statue, The Treasure of Athena, is an authentic one created by Greek sculptor Antonius. When he scrapes away enough of the cement covering the base, he discovers it is an authentic Antonious and is worth a fortune. Oh, and it is his, he says.
Shocked by this bit of news, Athena has a much bigger issue to deal with. The section of her town known as Little Greece is being threatened with redevelopment by wealthy resident Grayson Talbot Senior, at least until he winds up dead in his bathtub. But the Greek Merchants Association claims, Talbot changed his mind and signed a document to that effect. Of course it was not filed anywhere officially and now he is dead and his son wants to continue with the plans.
A terrific start to a new series and I cannot wait to follow the antics of this big Greek family.
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