The first time Grace Tooley meets Rupert Bradley she is the tomboyish, only girl in a happy, noisy family of six boys. He comes back into her life when her eldest brother's sudden death has forced her to take on burdens beyond her years. From that moment, Grace gives her heart and soul to her brother's kind, handsome, rich friend.
Then they meet again, when the Great War has changed them both into very different people. Now, it it Grace who has faced the demons of loss and pain and emerged as a strong, passionate woman. Rupert is bowed and nearly broken by the horrors he has endured.
Brutally, he rejects not only Grace's love but also any hope of future happiness. But he has understimated Grace Tooley. Determined that she will have the only man she wants, Grace Tooley believes she can find the boy she loved in the wreck of a man who is ready to die.