Jacob’s Island – On Virginia’s Eastern Shore, is a mysterious place – a seemingly parallel universe where legend has it that an angel once visited. Enter Shelby Parks, who is spending her vacation on the island to pursue her one diversion in life – bird watching. Shelby sophisticated, intelligent and motivated – a successful attorney who seemingly has it all. But she lives in the shadow of her dead husband. Two years and she still grieves. Her guide on the island is Morgan Brooks, An enigmatic figure who is mentally impaired, has known past, and has a knack for irritating Shelby in every conceivable way. But as time goes by she begins to see something special in this simple and unpretentious man. She also begins piece together his past – a past the she never could have imagined.