Alia has a lucrative new job, an interesting new place to live in a grand old house, unexpected new friends, and a hopeful new life shaping up before her. Then she discovers a box of old letters and pictures that reveal the house's forgotten, tragic past and finds everything she has believed about success coming into question. When she helps a war veteran with a simple act of kindness, she is led into improbable romance and an unexpected series of events that challenge all her hopes and dreams.