He came looking for a ghost. Instead, he found a girl. Tucker Boone is a war-hardened Marine on a ghost hunt. Fresh out of the corps, Tucker learns he has a missing half-sister, Maddy. The only clue to her whereabouts is a cryptic note...I've gone Mad, Mags. Tucker agrees to search for her and heads to Ocracoke, North Carolina where a ghost named Mad Mags is said to haunt the ancient graveyards dotting the island. The note doesn't bring him any closer to finding Maddy, but it does offer him a diversion to the doldrums of civilian life- his new island neighbor, Josie McCoy. Tucker is drawn to her quiet spirit. There's something special about Josie...a connection he can't quite explain. By summer's end, he's mixed up in deception, murder, and the love of a lifetime. Logic tells him to head home and forget the truths he found on the island. But can he walk away? Josie offers him more than love; she offers him hope. When the clues pile up and it looks like she can never be the girl for him, he has to make a choice- play it safe and break her heart, or risk everything for a chance at being swept away.