Wanting Rita

When his high school sweetheart experiences a devastating tragedy, Dr. Alan Lincoln reluctantly returns to his Pennsylvania hometown to see her. It’s been fiteen years. Rita was a small-town beauty queen-his first love whom he has never forgotten. He was a nerd from a wealthy family. Her family was poor.

They formed a strong connection during their senior year, but Rita married someone else, and the marriage ended tragically. Alan’s marriage of three years is disintegrating, and he sees in Rita the chance to begin again with the true love of his life. Rita has been mentally and emotionally shattered, but she reaches out to Alan and fights to build a new life with him.

During a passionate summer, however, the past and present converge and threaten their rekindled love, as Alan and Rita must struggle with old ghosts and new secrets.