Lily Knowles is desperate to leave home & when she turns twenty-one she escapes to London to train as a nurse. In the excitement of the city she meets dashing Alex Redfern, who comes from a world she longs to be part of. Then comes the war, & determined to do their duty they both join up. But in the chaos of a Blitz-weary capital a misunderstanding drives the lovers apart. & on hearing of his engagement to someone else a heartbroken Lily throws herself into her work where the shocking sights she witnesses help to numb the pain of her own loss. & then she discovers that Alex has been badly wounded
- a changed & bitter man he is recuperating in Shropshire. She decides to visit him, but what of their once-passionate love? & after the horrors of war can either of their lives ever be the same again?