A Novel written about a family with the manifestations of life's hopes and dreams. A love that can never stop the bleeding in Vanessa's heart, even as she lives her life to the fullest. Her beloved George disappears in Europe during the Second World War. With her strength and determination she accepts the responsibility of a marriage with Damian and the managing of their three children. At the same time she builds a marina that was at one time her father's small boatyard at this quiet village of Penbrook; on the rock bound coast of Connecticut. Peter, a strong character in the story, must live with the cause of the burning secret that plagues the family. The secret that will always be locked in the walls of the house on the hill. The hurricane of 1938, was a storm of such magnitude that it brought death to many people in the Northeast, but to this family it opened the path to romance.