"Eighteen-year-old Charlie Ross does the one thing you should never do before going off to war - he falls in love. Before he is drafted to fight in Vietnam, Charlie falls head-over-heels for a beautiful girl named Anna Cochran. They spend the summer on the banks of the river where they fish, laugh, talk, and dream about the future. But as their magical summer draws to a close, and their time together slips away, they wonder if love will be enough to carry them through the trying times ahead. Anna promises she will wait for him, no matter how long it takes. But when Charlie is taken prisoner, then later presumed dead, Anna is left to pick up the pieces to her shattered world. Eight years later, Charlie comes home. But his triumphant return is short-lived when he finds out the love of his life has moved on, and is married to the man who left him for dead in the jungle. Convinced he and Anna are meant to be together, Charlie will stop at nothing to win her back, but is it too late, or will these star-crossed lovers finally get their happily-ever- after?" - From the publisher