Charlotte reluctantly returns to her hometown, the summer resort of Chincoteague. Thousands of tourists flock here every summer to see the wild ponies made famous by Marguerite Henry's Misty of Chincoteague and to play on the nearby ocean beaches. But every corner reminds Charlotte of the love she lost. Here is where she grew up with Henry, fell in love with him in middle school, and planned a life together after college. Her dreams came crashing down their senior year in college, when Henry confessed to cheating on her. She ran away from college, her career goals, and even her hometown. Now jobless, she's come home for the summer, to help her sisters open a new candy shop. But she doesn't plan to stay, convinced she has no future here. She's intent on finding a new job by Labor Day, far from Chincoteague. On her first day back, Charlotte crashes her bike into Henry while he in on a run from Assateague to Chincoteague....

Born on opposite sides of the Boardwalk, the mayor's son and French fry-stand owner's daughter battle for their futures...and love. Ava grew up amid the sizzle and steam of french fries so it's no surprise she's expected to spend the summer working at her mother's shop on the Boardwalk. She'd rather not, since she prefers paint brushes to potato peelers but she can't say no to Mom. Eco-conscious Paul must set aside his goal of saving the oceans when he takes the reins of his family's business empire. The lives Ava and Paul lead in the tight-knit community of Ocean City, Maryland, couldn't be more different yet both yearn to escape the shadows cast by their families. Ava gets her chance when a marketing internship takes her to California and new friends empower her to launch her artistic career. Paul hopes to direct his environmental passions into a new project, transforming a vacant building into a...