Shelley Browning, deeply hurt by a disastrous marriage, is determined to get the college degree she abandoned to wed a young doctor. She's back at an Oklahoma uiversity at age twenty-six,a little older and a lot wiser. Yet, despite her growing self-awareness, Shelley can't explain why she takes a class in government taught by Grant Chapman - except that she feels compelled to see him again. Ten years ago Grant was the best-looking teacher in her high school. He left after a few months to take a glamorous job as a congressional aide, but not before "the kiss". Unplanned, stunningly hot, and never repeated, a single kiss with Grant has haunted Shelley as a symbol of "what might have been" with the right man.