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Roland Mitchell scopre in un libro appartenuto al poeta vittoriano Randolph Henry Ash due minute di una lettera indirizzata a una donna. Il tono della lettera lascia trapelare un amore insospettato. Roland scopre l'identità della donna, una poetessa e coinvolge nelle sue ricerche la collega Maud Bailey. Roland e Maud ripercorrono i passi della donna e dell'uomo vissuti un secolo prima ricostruendo una vicenda che ben presto diventa la loro.
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