Speed Puzzling enthusiast Margie Ellis knew she needed a fresh start after a heart-breaking divorce. Finding comfort and focus playing jigsaw puzzles, she decided to follow her passion and started training for national puzzle competitions. Looking to get back into the swing of a life and leaving the past behind, she decides to make the plunge and enters the Speed Puzzling Championships held every year in San Diego. While there she mets the Puzzle Master himself, Charles Winston, who Margie recognizes could actually be the piece of the puzzle Margie is missing in her life.

The Puzzle Master is the first book of an ongoing series of puzzle related romance stories offering a fictional look at the lives and loves found beyond the puzzles. A niche narritive of delightful people who could be found playing some of the most popular puzzles on the planet.