In the summer before heading off to college in pursuit of a medical degree， Rayna Lowe was seventeen when she received a letter asking her to come to the Island of Shelby's Path。 She was young and inexperienced in just about everything except in taking care of her little sister after the passing of her mother and stepfather。 She was unaware of why this opportunity fell upon her until it becomes clear that her invitation to Shelby's Path was not just pure luck， but an arrangement。
Rayna transpires from a shy， meek adolescent into a confident， young woman as she finds new friends， answers to her past， and finds true love all in a summer that will change her life forever。