For five lonely years, handsome sailor Rye Dalton has dreamt of the day when he would return to his beloved wife--to her soft, tender kisses and her warm embrace. At long last, that day has finally arrived. But Rye's beloved Laura, long since believing him dead, has married another man. And the man she has chosen as her husband, the only father Rye's young son has ever known, is Dan Morgan: Rye's closest friend.