After a disastrous relationship with a married man leads to losing his family and his job, Phelan Price ends up in the small surfing town of Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California. Its the perfect place to recover from a nervous breakdownhe even becomes good friends with a fellow surfer, Hugh, a mystery writer who has plenty of demons of his own. Life isnt perfect, but Phel is starting to get back on his feet. Then Phel's estranged lover arrives under the banner of a messy divorce, the circumstances of which he refuses to disclose, and throws their peaceful world into chaos. Phel's shock is complete when the man he's been trying to forget introduces himself as Hughs brother, Nate.