On the verge of succumbing to her father’s incessant demands and marrying another man she does not love, a grieving widow receives a wordless letter that forces her back into the past. In the broken places of her heart, she returns to the shipwreck where she first met him, the shaft of wood they escaped on together, then the island where she fell in love with the quiet stranger who taught her without words what it meant to be loved. But Mr. Britton had already left her once—and even if he has come back for her now, is she strong enough to stand up against her father’s expectations?