When struggling novelist James Hernandez meets poet Louisa Bell, he's sure he's found the love of his life. There's just one problem: she's engaged to his oldest friend. As the years pass, James's dreams always seem just out of reachhe can't finish that novel, can't mend his relationship with his father, can't fully commit to a romantic relationship. But after betrayal fractures Louisa's marriage, she turns to James for comfort. The consequences are more heartbreakingand miraculousthan either of them could have ever anticipated.