Twenty-three year old, Elsie Andrews moves to Tybee Island, Georgia after accepting a job as the head conservationalist at the Tybee Island Research Center. One afternoon after she finished unpacking with her sister, she runs into someone she could have never guessed, more accurately, his Great Dane ran into her.

Which caused a strange and unusual connection between Elsie Andrews and the new Marine veterinarian Alex Walsh. What will she do when he asks her out on a date when she is terrified she will be hurt by a relationship? How will she react when a unexpected death arises in her life?