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. Henry feels the old spark while Charlotte still nurses an ache she can't get rid of. Now the single father of a lively seven-year-old, Daphne, who stays with him only in the summer, Henry never hoped he and Charlotte could get together again.
Until now.
