Breakwater Isle keeps its own time. The seasons turn slowly, the storms arrive on schedule, and the islanders have long memories and short explanations. Marilee Jenkins is beginning to understand all three... and beginning, cautiously, to understand herself.
She told herself she'd stay for a few weeks. Long enough to help with the rebuilding, to come to terms with what she did on that cliff. But Breakwater Isle has a way of making the life you left feel like someone else's story. Edgar, for his part, has already made up his mind.
The island and its people are holding their breath. The storms are growing restless. The magic is asking. Because what's gathering on the horizon isn't just weather. It's the kind of change that reshapes a place and its people forever. And what Breakwater needs from Marilee is something she isn't sure she has.
The island has been waiting. So, it turns out, has she.
