Autumn 1917 Carl O'Neill is on the run from the Army and himself. Returned from Europe on recuperative leave, he'd rather die than go back to the trenches. He assumes a dead man's name and leaves his home and family behind him, only to be dumped off the train in the small prairie town of Mackenzie, Saskatchewan. Seriously ill and stranded, Carl has no choice but to confront the demons that drive him - and his growing feelings for the former Red Cross nurse who saves his life. Naomi Franklin is no stranger to secrets and personal demons. Struggling with the trauma of rape and her experiences in a front-line field hospital, Naomi can't bear to close the eyes of another young man whose life has ended far too soon. She'll nurse the stranger who lands on her father's doorstep and then send him on his way. But looking into Carl's blue eyes makes her feel like a woman again, while the all-too-familiar shadows behind them touch her heart. When both their lives come crashing down around them, can Carl and Naomi overcome secrets and lies to find each other again?