Wind Chime Summer

<b><i>If you open your heart it will always lead you home...</i></b><br><br>Since leaving the Army six months ago Izzy Rivera has closed herself off from everyone and everything. Struggling with a debilitating case of PTSD she has been fired from three jobs and was recently arrested for assault. Her last hope is a rehab program for veterans on Heron Island which she was admitted to on a probationary basis and which she must complete to stay out of jail.<br><br>After establishing an illustrious career as a marine biologist Ryan Callahan has returned to Heron Island to open a nonprofit to save the Chesapeake Bay and help his father-a fourth-generation waterman-expand his oyster farm. As one of the primary employers for the veterans' center Ryan is counting on his new workforce to make the merging of these two operations a success.<br><br>But Ryan underestimated the challenges of employing a group of physically and psychologically wounded veterans-particularly the female Army veteran who wants nothing to do with his nonprofit his father's farm or the peaceful island that's supposed to help her heal. Can Ryan find a way to convince Izzy to believe in something again? Or will the shell she's built around her heart trap her in the past forever?