When New York newspaper editor Nick Devlin first lays eyes on Anna Green, a young reporter, he falls hard and fast. Anna, not so much -- particularly as she's engaged to be married. But Nick is not about to let a little obstacle like a fiancé stand in his way. He loves Anna, and he's certain she'll soon love him, too. He will turn out to be right, but with great love comes the possibility -- even inevitability -- of great loss.

Now, looking back on it all from the villa in France to which she has fled, Anna relives her great love as she struggles to embrace a new life full of wonder and hope.