Janine Donoho writes with such detail and description I feel as though I"ve stepped into the story and am watching as it unfolds. Her writing brings me back to my childhood, when my mother would read to me at night and I"d imagine myself carried away to another world. -Carolyn Ridder Aspenson, bestselling author of The Angela Panther Series In a riveting tale of loss and growth, Donoho pauses to remind us that life"s real magic is in the small, shared moments between people. -Camela Thompson, author of All the Pretty Bones Is there hope for a grieving mother"s heart? Ecopsychologist Dr. Margo Updike loses herself in a shadow life after her daughter"s tragic death. When a century storm deposits a young girl on Maggie"s secluded beach in Puget Sound, a miraculous renewal begins. Then the apparent orphan exhibits signs of neglect and worse, prompting Maggie"s vow to protect and heal her--no matter the cost. The arrival of a mysterious man claiming to be Sorcha"s father upends Maggie"s life. She finds Morrissey strangely irresistible even as her friend Sheriff Ajax Smith questions the man"s motives and odd behavior. As a serial killer"s victims begin surfacing in Seal Cove, Jax must curb his suspicions to enlist Maggie as a profiler. Will Jax and Maggie find the murderer before he strikes again? With Morrissey"s secrets trapping Maggie on destructive shoals between reality and legend, can she grasp his true nature before losing her chance to rebuild a life worth living? To what depths--and heights--will she go for a daughter, a beloved man and, ultimately, her humanity?