For three decades Chuck Carver has been estranged from his father Charlie. However, that ends when the old man dies. Even then, Chuck purposely misses Charlie s funeral and would never have returned except for the pleading insistence of his father s lawyer to at least listen to the reading of the will. Charlie leaves Chuck a million dollar home on the waterfront of Marblehead, Massachusetts and two half-siblings.
Next door lives single mom, Dawn Ireland.
Chuck and Dawn are attracted to each other. However, Chuck suffers nightmares from the sexual abuse he endured as a child at the hands of Charlie. Marblehead just increases this pain. Still, Chuck decides to extend his stay because of his growing relationship with Dawn. Chuck and Dawn are a wonderful pair, whose memories of Charlie are quite opposite.