When she is sixteen, Charlotte falls instantly in love with a man in a photo, certain he is the man of her dreams. He is the one she knows she wants to marry, despite the fact she doesn't know his name, age, or anything about him, other than he is cute. While she is gazing in rapture at her future husband, she is being gazed at by one who thinks she is the prettiest girl he's ever seen. In the few minutes he has to watch her, he realizes she is the one he wants to spend the rest of his life with.It takes twelve years for Charlotte to meet the man of her dreams, and twelve years for the man who loves her to realize he is in for the fight of his life.