Erin's new business as a wedding planning is running at full speed and her empty nest years are full of promise when she receives a call that puts everything on hold: her father has had a stroke. The twinkle is fading from Jack O'Riley's Irish eyes and his calloused second wife leaves, making it clear this is not what she signed up for. Erin's visit to her father's cottage by the sea is extended indefinitely. At first the task before her is as daunting as the wild Oregon coast that has become her unwanted second home. Yet in the many hours she spends beside her ailing father, Erin finds a treasure hidden in the darkness. She reaches out and at long last receives the gift of healing for her little girl heart.