One kiss lasts a moment. But a thousand kisses can last a lifetime. One boy . One Girl . A connection that formed in an instant and moved into a decade A relationship that neither time nor distance could break. A relationship that will last forever. Or did they expect it? When seventeen-year-old Rune Christiansen returns from his native Norway to the small town of Blossom Grove, Georgia, where he became friends with Poppy Litchfield as a child, he has only one thing on his mind. Why did the girl who was half his soul, who promised to wait for his return, cut off communication without explanation? But when he finds out the truth, he realizes that the greatest mental pain is still ahead of him.