Kent 1939 Eliza is to be married to Nicholas her companion since she was a child. But when the pair are involved in a car crash Eliza is rescued by a stranger Lewis Harper whose stunning green eyes she will never forget. As the war begins Eliza's world begins to fall apart: her beloved brother Martyn is killed in action and her once-beloved husband grows increasingly distant. And then when her efforts to help the Dunkirk evacuees take her to the south coast she spots a familiar pair of eyes. . .