A young boy and his family make a sudden move to another town and he feels betrayed by his parents. He meets the woman next door as she's fighting wasps while mowing. He tries to help her, but ends up getting stung himself, in a bad place. She tends to his wounds, then when his mom comes home she tends to him even better.
Joe's relationship with Paula develops from shy teenaged sweethearts to uninhibited lovers, but they split up when he realises they want separate things. But there's something that pulls them back together every now and again...and years later she needs his help...
Anora, Queen of Ferelden, is widely know as the Ice Queen, and for a reason. Aedan, her new husband, isn't willing to put up with her reluctance any more. And there are two things working in his favour: one, he knew what Anora was like when he married her - he was friends with her late husband. And two, he is not, as everyone believes, a Nice Guy.