Elizabeth Reed is best friends with Clara Webber and has grown up around her brother Garrett. Recently, an attraction has surfaced between the friends, but as the new relationship starts to form, problems caused by the Great War and its aftermath, have reached a boiling point for the Reed family, leaving little room for Elizabeth to focus on love.
Garrett wants to be a soldier and fight in the Great War, but his family is against him joining the military. The only thing he wants more that serving with honor is to marry Elizabeth Reed, but their relationship can’t progress with her father refusing to let them be together. Frustrated, Garrett makes a hasty decision that will change all their lives forever. Will the Great War destroy the future the couple hopes to plan together?
Elizabeth and Clara are not the only ones affected by the war. Neighbors and friends in Rockwood Springs have their own battles to fight, struggles to overcome and victories to achieve.