Molly Meyers has lived the last thirty years of her life in the shadow of the memory and words of the man she fell in love with years ago. But the Vietnam War took James Wade from her before they could be married. A lifelong friend comes to visit Molly, living alone in Montana where she teaches elementary school, for her forty-ninth birthday. While there Stephanie discovers a drawer of love poems written to Molly from James. Later, Stephanie discovers the same poems in a newly published book of poetry by Jonathan Roseland. Could Roseland be James Wade? Could James Wade still be alive? Molly discovers that James is alive but has lived the past thirty years alone with a terrible secret that has kept him from reuniting with Molly. Can Molly forgive him for the years of silence? Can love be found a second time?