Autumn 1943 - After yet another secret mission into German-occupied Holland, John Armstrong is now the only survivor of what started out as a five-strong S.B.S. team. While he is in hiding at a farm run by Dutch Patriots, a deep, passionately powerful love suddenly explodes between John and Anna Maurik, the daughter of the absent farm owner. When the time comes for his long delayed return to Britain, John promises to marry Anna once the war is over. Will Anna manage to avoid the Gestapo until then? Will John survive his Royal Navy duties and his most dangerous S.B.S activities? Will they ever have the chance to see the beauty of John's native Lake District homeland as man and wife?