A boy and girl who once played at rescuing each other grow into adults still trapped by those childhood roles. Now a successful writer, he cannot give the steadfast woman who loves him the simple, honest devotion she needs. Between loyalty, pride and old wounds, both must face whether love can heal what imagination first broke.
In the shadow of old battlefields, a faded Christmas card rekindles buried loyalties among weathered soldiers. As Colonel Tracy's spirited daughter Dorothea steps into their world of honor and heartache, long-silenced secrets threaten to shatter unbreakable bonds. Can comrades forged in fire find redemption before time runs out? A timeless Victorian tale of grit, grace, and the ghosts of glory.