In a Germany teetering on the brink of World War II, Elise Braun, motherless child of a career military officer, is an unwilling refugee. When her father realizes his country has fallen into the hands of tyrant he must defy at any cost, Elise is sent to live in America. An accomplished pianist whose only solace in this strange new land is her music, Elise cannot know how she will come to care for her adopted home in a New England village, how she will be tested when the men she loves most fight for opposing armies, or the price she will pay to forgive--and to find forgiveness.