1917. Kitty Maitland has found a safe and welcoming home at Dark River Farm Devon and is finally beginning on a path to recovery after her terrible ordeal in Flanders...until the arrival of two very different visitors. One a charming rogue proves both a temptation and a mystery - but she soon discovers he's not a stranger to everyone. The other newcomer a young woman with a past linked to the farm sows seeds of mistrust. Between the two of them and the choices Kitty has to make Dark River becomes a place of fear suspicion and danger. Can it ever return to the haven it once was?