Laura Logan loves life on Cape Cod, spending magical days by the sea with her beloved twin brother, Cary. Then the vicious rumours at school - cruel voices saying unspeakable things about he Logans. Laura tries to ignore them, but not until handsome, gentle Robert Royce moves to their town does she feel truly carefree and happy again.
Then Grandma Olivia issues a chilling threat, forbidding Laura to see Robert again. Left alone to suffer because of dark secrets no one will explain, Laura obeys - until one glorious summer leads her back into Robert's arms.
But dark thunderclouds have been gathering on the horizon, and when they suddenly burst, they howl a name from the Logans' shameful past that plunges Laura into silent, terrible agony . . .
