"You know how I've always loved the rain. There's nothing cozier than seeking shelter from the rain with someone you love." "I would trade all the presents I've ever gotten for one of your kisses. One of those long, slow kisses that fulfills and tantalizes." "Sometimes I think you aren't real, that you're someone wonderful that I dreamed up. I love you with all my heart . . ." The letters Kyla sent to her husband, Sergeant Richard Stroud, stationed a world away, spoke of a love that stretched across the ocean and held the young couple together. But when tragedy ended their marriage too soon, Kyla was left a widow with a newborn son. And Richard left behind only a metal box filled with his wife's declarations of love. Trevor Rule had been Richard's best friend.