<p> <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank returns to the Carolina lowcountry with a soul-satisfying tale of chance, honor, and star-crossed love, infused with wit, grace, and Southern charm </p> <p> It has been years since Elizabeth ?Betts? McGee has returned to her once-adored Bulls Island in the Carolina lowcountry?ages since tragic fate coupled with nasty rumor ended her engagement to fabulously wealthy Charleston golden boy J. D. Langley. Having successfully reinvented herself as a top New York banking executive, Betts is now heading up the most important project of her career. But it?ll transform the untouched island she loved in her youth into something unrecognizable. And it?s forcing her to return to the bosom of her estranged family, where she may not be welcomed with open arms?and uniting her with ex-flame J.D., who?s changed . . . but perhaps not enough. </p>