Ace Sinclair, now in his seventies, has one eye on a dangerous hurricane and the other on his old high school sweetheart, J'nelle Reade, whom he has invited to his Outer Banks beach house for a sentimental journey into their pasts. But the past is with them more than they know, and they are soon pulled into a haunting search among old memories for betrayals, mistakes, missed chances, and ultimately, the hard truths of their lives. As the hurricane turns and heads their way, time runs short, and they must choose between the tidal pull of old dreams and the future's wide unknown.