She's fighting for the security she's found. He's trying to figure out how to live again. Can two wounded souls be healed by helping each other? After a lifetime in the army, Arthur ‘Sherlock’ Hammond has been cast adrift. Struggling to cope after being medically discharged, his friends drag him to Retribution Bay to face life, and a sister he’s not seen for a decade. After years of struggle, Gretchen Wintie has found a home in Retribution Bay for her and her son. With a secure job, friends she can count on and the end of her university degree in sight, life is looking up. Until her low-life ex walks back into her life demanding she betray all she holds dear. Adding to her stress is the bitter, injured ex-soldier she’s forced to work with, who thinks a smile is a sin against humanity. But when her ex’s threats escalate, Gretchen discovers a sweet man underneath Arthur’s prickly exterior. He might just be the solution to all of her problems, as long as she doesn’t lose her heart to him. When a cyclone threatens the town, will their dark secrets be revealed, or will it blow all of their issues away?