Addictions destroy lives. Chad Cusher's own dependencies change everything he thought he knew about his future. After almost killing himself and someone else, Chad's legal problems, addiction recovery therapy, and physical therapy if he ever wants to walk normally again, are a part of his everyday life. He believes there is no chance at true happiness, certainly not love, and only hopes to become a better man than he was, to find redemption somehow. Chad moves to Moanna Island, a small island close to Savannah off the Atlantic coast, to begin a job with his family's real estate empire, a job he was supposed to have taken years ago. Free-spirited Ryan Mason is a Moanna local girl from a blue-collar family. She's dropped her own dreams to help her father care for her schizophrenic brother. Their paths first cross at a Rehabilitation Center where Chad attends therapy and Ryan's brother lives. Chad can't believe his luck when he finds her on Moanna Island, forty-five minutes away from the Center, only days later. Chad is drawn to Ryan's joy, even through the pain and grief life tries to throw her way. His lonely void begins to dissipate with every island adventure spent with her. He soon finds out what her secret is. But is it possible to start over and be restored? Even so, can Ryan except Chad's horrible, even criminal past? Can their crazy worlds ever fit together once she finds out he is the sole heir to the Cusher Empire?