'The truth is I gave my heart away a long time ago, my whole heart, and I never really got it back' - Melanie Carmichael (Sweet Home Alabama, 2002) Stevie hasn't been back to the Outer Banks in 4 years. Ever since the atomic meltdown happened between her and JJ. The one they don't talk about. The one that still has them hurting 4 years later. When she finds herself back on the island to help her mother with the wedding preparations, she doesn't expect for an ocean of memories, unspoken words, suppressed feelings and wrong decisions to come crashing down on her like a tidal wave. What happens when old mistakes are being discovered, A love long forgotten is being remembered and a pristine A4 size manila envelope holds the key to Stevie and JJ's future?