England, 1939. As war looms, two young people navigate the heartbreak of love and separation. Beautiful, headstrong Fay Rossiter is an aristocrat with a glittering future - and music career - ahead of her. Tom Roxham is a railway policeman who plays saxophone part time in a band. He's a lot more interesting than most of the men in Fay's usual set. They would never normally have met. And they certainly should never have fallen in love. But as Neville Chamberlain announces that the country is at war with Germany, their differences turn out to be the least of their worries. Tom joins the RAF and Fay volunteers as a nurse. Theirs was love at first sight, but now it seems that fate might not be on their side.