"Grace," the dancing candles seemed to say, "you want more than this."Grace Natalie Burke was named after her mother's two favorite actresses, but the only thing she has in common with them is the ability to put on a good show. Growing up under an iron thumb, she's never gone off script, yet as she stares at the candles on her twenty-fifth birthday, she determines to reach for more.Terrified but hopeful, Grace buys a one-way airline ticket to Lavender Island in order to visit Halstead House, the once upon a time home of the only person Grace had ever been safe with, her honorary grandmother Mary. When Grace arrives on the island she's immediately caught up in the warmth-filled life she'd always imagined.What she hadn't imagined, however,  was John Lucas Halstead or the feelings he would stir in her - especially when he'll do anything to keep her at arms length.  Just as Grace is finding her feet, her mother arrives on the island uninvited, forcing Grace to decide where she'll stand once and for all.  Is it finally time to rip up the script? Or will she accept her role and return?Only Grace can decide.