The turbulence of ocean waves is something Sam has experience with on the surfboard, always one to ride it out or gracefully fall and try again. Giving up is never an option in her world, so now that she is settling down in her South Carolina home, attending the local high school with her boyfriend, who happens to also be her housemate, and working part time at the sea turtle rehabilitation center, she feels her life is coasting on an easy swell. That is, until she gets the shock of a lifetime that not only makes her fall off the sweet ride, but also rips her heart in two.Ledger, struggling at college under the overbearing eye of his father, returns to South Carolina when his world is pulled out from under him after a tragic event involving the man who dictated his every step in life. Returning to the sunny coastal fishing town and cheerful beach house is supposed to be a reprieve, but he can't relax or even begin to heal when open wounds sting worse there because he never got over Sam. It was never his idea to leave her, but his father's direct order. Now he has to watch her with his brother, and it's proving to be nothing but saltwater splashed on the gash in his chest. Can Sam and Ledger find common ground to walk on, and will Noah allow it? Or will a mistake change the trajectory of all three of their lives? Warning: Contains strong language and sexual situations.