After unexpectedly inheriting a crumbling seaside hotel in a quiet coastal town, a burned-out journalist returns home to settle the estate. As she restores the building, she uncovers long-buried secrets about her family’s past — and forms a complicated connection with the reserved local carpenter who knows more about the town, and her history, than he first admits. Between stormy nights, small-town gossip, and unresolved regrets, she must decide whether to expose the truth or protect the fragile new life she’s beginning to build.