Lincolnshire, 1926. Kate Hilton is devastated when she is sent away to boarding school by her mother. It means she will be separated from her childhood sweetheart, Danny. But the enforced distance between them just makes Kate even more determined to marry her first love.

It isn't until she is eighteen, and finally told the bitter truth about her family's past, that Kate realizes that she and Danny can never be together. Torn apart by the revelations, Kate finds unexpected escape when she leaves Fleethaven Point to become a driver in the WAAF.

In the chaos and destruction of the Second World War, Kate will witness many things . For as well as all the pain, suffering and loss, she will experience a love that finally allows her to leave the past behind . . .