What happens when you meet the one person you were meant to love and every imaginable obstacle stands between you? For Anna Collier this person is Mandou Objwibé, a young doctor and a close friend of her father's. When her family relocates to his small West African village, a friendship blossoms between them that neither one could have expected. As the hardships and struggles of life in Africa shape Anna into a strong and determined young woman, she must also come to terms with her changing feelings for Mandou, feelings she knows she should not have. Civil war erupts and Anna must confront her own devastating losses, leaving Africa and Mandou behind to return to the states and a family she barely knows. But when Anna is unexpectedly reunited with Mandou, her future takes a different direction. Can they build a life together in the rough and wild country they both love so dearly, or will the obstacles they face ultimately be too great for them to overcome?