After losing his wife in an automobile accident, Jonathan Wells withdraws from the world, spending his time in quiet isolation, reeling from the loss of his only love. Just one thing sustains him: writing. Starting it as a way to clear his head, it quickly evolves into a full-time occupation. In just a few short years, he manages to write and sell five novels that propel him to the forefront of romantic fiction.

Annie Harbor is abandoned by her mother at a young age, and left only with a note which mentions, "Call your aunt Rachel. I think she will want you." Now in her twenties, Annie is a...