It's been years since Lacey Ames last saw Hampton Island, where she grew up amid the sandy marshes with her childhood sweetheart, Giles Severn, and her cousin Elise--where Elise had stolen the man Lacey loved. Lacey never forgot the hurt and betrayal she once suffered at Giles' grand family home of Sea Oaks, but a curious and compelling summons from Elise prompts her return.