When community nurse Mara Quinn is sent to check on an elderly former shipwright living in the yard beside a struggling apprenticeship workshop on the Welsh coast, she finds a place days from losing its last funding if a dory is not ready for inspection day. Eli Sorrell has been keeping the workshop alive alone, and Mara's practical help quickly turns into long hours of sanding, caulking, and repairing more than just broken timber. As hidden rot, storm damage, and old grief press in, Mara and Eli are forced to face the ways they protect themselves: he by carrying everything alone, she by keeping her distance until it almost costs her the chance to care. With the inspection approaching, they have to decide whether to keep surviving separately or trust each other enough to fight for the workshop -- and for something more.
When community nurse Mara Quinn is sent to check on an elderly former shipwright living in the yard beside a struggling apprenticeship workshop on the Welsh coast, she finds a place days from losing its last funding if a dory is not ready for inspection day. Eli Sorrell has been keeping the works...