Twenty-three year-old Kathy Bates is happily looking forward to an idyllic future with fiance Jimmy Greene. But love, lust and betrayal threaten to destroy her dream.

Maisie is pretty and very flirtatious. Kathy finds herself constantly looking out for her younger sister, especially as Southampton floods with young servicemen on their way to Europe to face the enemy. Kathy reluctantly spend more and more time with Maisie's friends, and after putting herself in danger to protect her sister she becomes the victim of a horrible rape. Terrified and deeply ashamed, Kathy tells no one. But when she discovers she is pregnant, her loyalty to her sister as well as her treasured relationship with Jimmy are tested...