It's 1942
and as the war rages in Europe
Maisie McCall is in the Scottish Highlands swinging an axe for the Women's Timber Corps. Maisie relishes her newfound independence working alongside other lumberjacks--including the mysterious John Lindsay. As Maisie and John work side by side felling trees together
Maisie can't help but feel that their friendship has the spark of something more to it. And yet every time she gets close to him
John pulls away. It's not until Maisie rescues John from a terrible logging accident that he begins to open up to her about the truth of his past
and the pain he's been hiding. Suddenly everything is more complicated than Maisie expected. And as she helps John untangle his shattered history
she must decide if she's willing to risk her heart to help heal his. But in a world devastated by war
love might be the only thing left that can begin to heal what's broken.