NORA PIERCE isn't running from her past, but to her future. Taking a chance, she purchases an old building over the internet and moves to the seaside town of Arch Cove. Tenaciously dictating what she wants in life, Nora pursues all the things she hasn't experienced, including having close friends. However, Nora lacks the confidence to make those friends. Until the most unlikely person intertwines himself into her new life. SIMON ALLEY...