"The Pipe family is steeped in secrets, lies, and unspoken truths. At the eye of the storm is one secret that threatens to shake their lives--even destory them. Set on stormy Cape Breton Island off Nova Scotia.
A troublesome twelve-year-old orphan staying with an elderly artist who needs her, remembers the only other time she was happy in a foster home. She had found a family that truly seemed to care about her. But something happened that forced her to run.