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The story starts when a new quiet woman named Katie moves into a little beat up cottage in the town of Southport, North Carolina. There she meets a man named Alex who is the father of two children and the owner of the local grocery store. She also acquires a new neighbor, a woman named Jo, who ends up becoming her closest and truest friend in such a little bit of time. Not long after meeting Alex they begin to develop strong feelings for each other and Katie is filled with fear as she wonders when to tell Alex about her horrifying past with her abusive husband that she left in Boston. Alex accepts her past but little do they know that her past becomes her present when her husband finally discovers where she is and comes to get her. After going through tears and pain, Katie gets the life she always dreamed of and the life she was meant to have.