Life has always been difficult for Jane Rose. Moved from country to country as a child, she's still trying to find a place she can call home. England is no more than the latest of the friendless, lonely places in which she lives. All that changes when she meets the complex, fascinating Ben. Attraction is instant, but it's too much too soon for the insecure, youthful Jane. Somehow they slip through each other's fingers,only to meet again 8 years later, when complications abound and the stakes are far higher than ever before.