When Morgan and Benji surprise their families with a wedding invitation to Maine, they're aware the news of their clandestine relationship will come as a shock. Twelve years have passed since the stunning loss of sixteen-year-old Alice, Benji's sister and Morgan's best friend, and no one is quite the same. But the young couple decide to plunge headlong into matrimony, marking the first time their fractured families will reunite since Alice's funeral. As the arriving guests descend upon the tranquil coastal town, they bring with them deep-seated secrets and agendas of their own. Linnie, Benji's mother, introduces a new boyfriend with his own tumultuous past. Nick, Benji's father, is scheming to secure a new job before his wife, Caro-formerly his secretary and mistress-discovers he lost his old one. Morgan, too, carries delicate secrets that threaten to jeopardize the happiness she has so longed for.