Set in Kansas, this is a love story between John Wilde, a serious and straightforward married physicist, and Sarah Bryden, 29, who has never left the small town of Bazaar. John and his wife, Susan, have adopted a young boy, Will, who is sickly and hard to look after. Susan has never felt she would be a good mother and so it proves - and eventually her call for help before she loses her sanity and does something awful to poor little Will, is answered. Sarah, who has already discovered she is attracted to John, gets on well with Will and looks after him following Susan's car accident. But Sarah will not ruin a marriage. John has fewer qualms and wants to give in to his desire - and love - for Sarah...