Tammy and her mother Grace are desperate to escape Tammy's violent bully of a father. But when an unforeseen tragedy strikes mother and daughter must flee Scotland in the dead of night. To survive the severest of penalties they leave behind everything they know and love - including one another. Under new identities Tammy and Grace must start afresh. Tammy joins the services and there she meets a dashing officer who begins to break her guard down. But can the course of love ever run smooth with Tammy unable to reveal her true self?