When the love of her life, Evan, goes missing after a hurricane strikes Bridal Veil Island in 1898, Melinda Colson returns to search for him, but as she settles into a new job, and a new life, how long will she be able to hold out hope?

While on a field trip to an island volcano, one student falls down into a crater while picking flowers where he meets a lava monster and its brood, who are fascinated by flowers and make friends with the student until help arrives.