Much to Alanis McLachlanβs surprise, her con-woman mother, Barbra, has left her an inheritanceβThe White Magic Five & Dime, a new-age shop in tiny Berdache, Arizona. Reluctantly traveling to Berdache to claim her new property, Alanis decides to stay and pick up her estranged motherβs tarot reading business in an attempt to find out who killed her.
With help from a hunky cop and her motherβs live-in teenage apprentice, Alanis begins faking her way through bogus tarot readings in order to win the confidence of her motherβs clients. But much to her surprise, the more she uses the tarot deck, the more Alanis begins to find real meaning in the cards.