Northern England 2010. After a tragic accident upends her life Kate Mercer leaves London to work at an old guest house near the Scottish border hoping for a fresh start. When she arrives she begins to unravel the truth about her past but the mysterious elderly proprietor is harbouring her own secrets. . . Berlin 1938. As Audrey James prepares to finish her piano studies at a prestigious music school in Berlin she dreads the thought of returning home to England and leaving her best friend Ilse Kaplan behind. Families like the Kaplans are being targeted and the stakes grow higher by the day. As war in Europe threatens it isn't long before a shocking turn of events pushes Audrey to become embroiled in the anti-Hitler movement. But resistance comes with risk and Audrey must decide what matters most: saving herself her friend or sacrificing everything for the greater good.