 Reverend Daniel Cooper has come to Hope Island to reopen the Community Church, hoping the assignment will help him through the grief of a terrible loss. Distrusted by the local inhabitants and with the church in a terrible state of disrepair and neglect, Daniel feels alone and rejected. He is befriended by a lonely boy named Dylan who will help him do repairs to the church. Daniel makes him an acolyte, much to the disapproval of Dylan s mom, Alex Stone, a single mother who runs the local inn  The Widow s Walk . Alex is the town s cynic who has long ago turned her back on the church. In time Daniel earns the trust and respect of Alex and many of Hope Island s colorful and eccentric characters. In turn the beauty and tranquility of Hope Island and the warmth of it s community will help Daniel heal, renewing and strengthening his faith. He finds love again as he comes to care deeply for Alex Stone.