Cherry Martinez has one last dream left to chase: to live at the beach. Her other cherished dreams haven't come true, since one heartbreaking night ended her wedding plans and the career she initially believed she wanted only burdens her with stress and leaves her feeling unfulfilled. So, much to her family's alarm, she does the unthinkable-she cashes in her savings, quits her job, and moves to a tropical seaside town on the Florida coast. Realistically, living the life of a beach gypsy can't last forever. Who cares? She'll enjoy it as long as it lasts. Living in her bikini, shorts and...

In 1976, a precious baby is neglected and left to die in the trash...a young girl dreams of a better life for herself and her divorced mother...a funeral director is engaged to marry the love of his life...and a man sentenced to prison sends his confused and troubled daughter to live with his rancher brother and his family. They are strangers to each other, hailing from the mountains of North Carolina, a crowded New Jersey city, rural Montana and California, yet they are connected by their faith. Each one, in their own way, is struggling, also watching and waiting, through the span of forty...

Up until the summer of 1972, Crystal Waves had been just another Jersey shore town. A place to spend a day or a weeklong vacation, a place to raise a family. A town with its own beach, a boardwalk, an amusement pier, and the music of the ocean. But then things begin to happen-events that some are calling modern-day miracles. The town's most beloved pastor claims that what's happening is an answer to long-ago prayers. Reporter Carissa Brilhart believes she's there to investigate, discovering there's even more to the story than meets the eye. The same, too, can be said of Katie Howard, the...