ONE ENCRANTED SUMMER, two couples begin a friendship that will last more than twenty years and transform their lives. A chance meeting on the Isle of Palms, one of Charleston's most stunning barrier islands. bringe former sweethearts Adam Stanley and Eve Landers together again. Their respective spouses, Eliza and Carl, fight sparks of jealousy faring from their imagined rekindling of old flames. As Adam and Eve get caught up on their lives, their partners strike up a deep friendship and flirt with an unexpected attraction of their own. Year after year, Adam, Eliza, Eve, and Carl eagerly await their reunion at Wild Danes, a condominium complex at the island's tip end, where they grow closer with cach passing day, building a friendship that will withstand family tragedy and dev astating heartbreak. The devotion and love they share will help them weather the vagaries of time and enrich their lives as circumstances change. their children gron up and leave home, and their twilight years approach.