Adrienne Willis must rethink her whole life when her husband abandons her for a younger woman, leaving her to raise their teenage children and care for her sick father alone.
Out of the blue she is offered a respite when a friend asks to mind her inn in the remote coastal village of Rodanthe for the weekend. As a storm brews, an unexpected guest arrives and what begins between them will resonate throughout the rest of their lives, intertwining past and future, love and loss.