Robert Kincaid is a man with little but memories - memories of a lonely existence lived mostly on the road and memories of Francesca Johnson, the woman whose passion he stirred so briefly and with such power. Searching for something undefined, something to give meaning to the rest of his life, Kincaid takes to the road again, heading once more for Roseman Bridge in Madison County, Iowa, the place of his great love affair.

A man. A woman. The heat of an Iowa summer. And the passion of a brief encounter that will last a lifetime.

A rich, complex tale of Texas Jack Carmine, a man who inspires others to take risks and reach beyond the borders of their lives....while his own heart is chained to the past by a tragedy he cannot overcome. It is also the tale of Linda, a woman trying desperately to support her three year old daughter - by any means possible.