Hope Anderson is at a crossroads. After six years with her boyfriend, she is no longer sure what she wants, and when her father becomes ill she heads to her family\047s cottage at Sunset Beach in North Carolina to make some difficult decisions.\012Tru Walls has been summoned across an ocean from where he was born and raised in Zimbabwe by a letter from a man claiming to be his father. In journeying to Sunset Beach, Tru hopes to unravel the mystery surrounding his mother\047s life, but the letter will lead him in an unexpected direction. \012When these two strangers\047 paths cross, their chance encounter sets in motion a heart-breaking story - one that will transcend decades, continents and the workings of fate.