Painter Honor Dillon has made a life for herself and her
three daughters – Regis, Agnes, and Cecilia – at Star of
the Sea Academy on the magical Connecticut shore. Here she
teaches art at the convent school’s beautiful seaside
campus, over which Honor’s sister-in-law, mother superior
Bernadette Ignatius, keeps a benevolent and watchful eye.
No one could have foreseen the day rebellious Regis would
come home with the stunning news that she was getting
married. Nor could anyone have guessed how that sudden
announcement would soon change all their lives forever.
Eleven years ago, Honor thought she had the perfect home,
the perfect love, the perfect life. Then her husband,
brilliant photographer and sculptor John Dillon, broke her
heart–and tore their little family apart. Now, hearing of
Regis’s impending marriage, John has ended his self-
imposed exile and returned to the family he’s always loved
more than anything on earth. What he finds is one daughter
still hurting over his abandonment, another who barely
remembers him, and a third who may be in more trouble than
anyone knows. And then there is Honor herself – and a
passion that may have been interrupted but that has never
waned.
Some things, like sandcastles, don’t survive the changing
tides. But love, family, and friendship – just as fragile –
have a way of standing against anything. It will take
nothing short of a miracle to heal the rift between father
and daughter, husband and wife, the past and the present –
but a miracle is exactly what is in the works at Star of
the Sea Academy. The only question is: Do you believe?