When Renata, newly engaged to a wealthy Nantucket summer boy, comes to the island to visit her fiance's family, she decides to confront her tragic past. She goes against her father's wishes and visits Marguerite, the godmother she's been forbidden to see her entire life--the one person who can unlock the mystery surrounding her mother's untimely death. But Marguerite's life is not so simple and preparing dinner for her god-daughter proves much more complicated than either of them imagined.

Whether it is in her Nantucket detail, her insight into the emotional dramas that shape people's lives, the moments that define them, or the loves who rule them, Elin Hilderbrand's storytelling abilities soar to new heights with every novel she writes.