In this second leg of Flora's journey she is trying to get over the heartbreak of her time with Ben and Peter in the Northwestern part of Maine. When she is finally ok with moving on she decides to take a winter rental in No Carolina. She needs peace, quiet, and inspiration to write again. What she finds instead are a group of characters that frustrate and delight her. When she comes upon a horrific find at the beach on a cold and foggy day in February she takes comfort in the eyes of a four legged mutt named Dog. But Dog is not the only creature that ends up captured by her attention. With her winter rental nearing its end a complication brings Flora great anguish and a little bit of happiness. What will Flora's next step be? Only time and a little luck will tell. ENJOY!