I wasn't supposed to love Nate Grady, let alone marryhim. But we found a love that triumphed over alladversity…just like Jane Eyre, my very favorite heroine. I was young, bookish, naive…on the verge ofentering the convent—and then I met him…. Theday I abandoned my old life, the day I agreed to marryhim, now seems an eternity ago. But despite everyone'sobjections, I fell for Nate. An older, previously marriedman. My first and only love. My husband. When I looked into Nate's eyes on our wedding day,the rest of the world vanished. If I was crazy for doingthis, I prayed the craziness would last forever….