It’s December 1938 when Beth Daly rejects an attack at a dance by the man her mother wants her to marry. Little does she know that as a result he will take his revenge in the bank where they both work. Beth has no choice but to leave the bank to become a part of the Women’s Land Army

She has loved her brother’s friend Simon Rees, since childhood. As the years pass this love has developed into something more, and she has to hide this love from her mother, who insists that she have nothing to do with Simon. Her mother vows that Beth will marry the man she has chosen for her daughter.

With the Second World War erupting in 1939, Simon enlists in the RAF and asks her to be his wife. He must wait until she turns twenty one in December and does not need her mother’s permission.