With graduation in a week, a job in the wings, and a boyfriend who is undeniably in love with her, Erynn has no reason to leave High Water. So why did she? Nobody knows what happened except Erynn and her best friend Meg, who took their secret to her watery grave.
Now, five years later, Erynn is alive and well, and settling into a life of routine fresh out of college. She lives modestly in a small apartment with a new credit card and identity. Her days are spent waiting tables in a cafe and volunteering wherever she's needed. With no connections to her past or the people she loves, she lives a life of quiet serenity.
Then someone she never thought she'd see again shows up, taking shelter from the snow in the cafe where she works; Uplifting the roots she's worked hard to plant, plunging her back into the life she left behind.