From the bestselling author of Honeysuckle Season comes an evocative
dual-timeline novel detailing one woman's journey to discover the hidden
stories of her family's seaside resort.
When a shipwreck surfaces, old secrets are sure to follow.
Or so goes the lore in Ivy Neale's hometown of Nags Head, North
Carolina. When Ivy inherits her family's beachfront cottage upon her
grandmother's death, she knows returning to Nags Head means facing the
best friend and the boyfriend who betrayed her years ago.
But then a winter gale uncovers the shipwreck of local legend--and Ivy
soon begins to stumble across more skeletons in the closet than just her
own. Amid the cottage's clutter are clues from her grandmother's past at
the enchanting seaside resort her family once owned. One fateful summer
in 1950, the arrival of a dazzling singer shook the staff and guests
alike--and not everyone made it to fall.
As Ivy contends with broken relationships and a burgeoning romance in
the present, the past threatens to sweep her away. But as she uncovers
the strength of her grandmother and the women who came before her, she
realizes she is like the legendary shipwreck: the sands may shift around
her, but she has found her home here by the sea.
