In a quiet seaside town still reeling from a deadly fire that destroyed half the community five years ago, a reclusive woman named Isla Carrington returns to uncover the truth behind the blaze that killed her sister and ruined her family. But her investigation entangles her with Rowan Hale, a brooding local artist with scars of his own—both physical and emotional. Together, they uncover not just secrets buried in ash... but a love neither of them expected