At forty, Lizabeth is starting her life over. Her marriage, to an inveterate philanderer, is finished and her daughter is grown. Lizabeth has returned to school to study linguistic anthropology. Her thesis topic is the Caroline Brogue, so she’ll be spending a few months on Ocracoke Island to do her research.
Lizabeth’s cousins have a cottage on the island, a place that Lizabeth used to visit as a child. Lizabeth knows that she should call on Fanny O’Neal, the elderly woman who lives across the street. Miss Fanny is an island treasure and almost kin. But before Lizabeth can pay a call, she sees a brief romantic exchange between Miss Fanny’s granddaughter Gray and another woman. Lizabeth is shocked by what she feels when she sees the two women, but that doesn’t keep her away from Miss Fanny’s.
Soon her visits across the street are matched by Gray’s visit to Lizabeth’s cottage and excursions around the island. A same-sex attraction is new territory for Lizabeth, but even as she is exploring her feelings, Gray is struggling too. Gray’s ex-wife, Dana, cheated on her and even after five years Gray is not ready to give her heart to anyone else. Lizabeth, Gray, and Fanny survive a hurricane, but will the lovers’ budding relationship survive Dana’s unexpected visit to the island?
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