The heart-warming story of a woman who faces life's challenges with enduring passion, patience and good humor - and her quest to be united with the man she loves. On a beach in Kauai, Hawaii, a beautiful, independent-minded young artist named Tashi meets an irresistibly attractive young man and they fall in love .... But the course of true love never did run smooth. Years later, in a lawyer's office in Vancouver, Canada, Tashi meets her man again. But her life has changed. She is about to adopt a little girl. And he is married, with a son. Yet still the passion burns between them. It's as if they've never been parted. He is smitten more than ever, and she has no will or desire to resist the pleasure she finds in his arms. They vow to be together. This is the story of Tashi and Josh, the man who loves tiramisu. (And only Tashi knows why he loves tiramisu... ) But there is so much standing in their way. Will they ever know happiness together? Tashi and Josh's plan to spend their lives in each other's embrace is complicated by their pasts and the ever-changing lives of family and friends in near and faraway places. Even when Tashi believes that all is well, intrigue and events beyond her control threaten the idyllic life she has been fighting for.