Glasgow WW2. Despite being shy and reserved Jeannie finds herself newly engaged to Arthur the day war is announced. Unsure if she would ever get another proposal Jeanie accepts. But with war raging on her wedding must wait. . .As she sets ofF to work at a munitions factory she meets Eileen Janet and Annie. As her new friends reveal their chaotic romances at such a troubling time Jeannie is grateful to be settled with rigid formal and straight-talking Arthur. Until she begins to doubt everything. After meeting Canadian solider Bill Jeannie realises she has found a spark she was always missing. But how could she tell Arthur? And is she strong enough to fight her own battle with the country already at war. . .?

Part of the Kiltie Street Girls series.