As a physical therapy nurse, Betsy is not your typical girl next door. As World War II rages on across the ocean, Betsy works with the recuperating soldiers as they learn to deal with their horrific injuries. When she witnesses the murder of one of her patients, a German POW from a camp nearby, a battle for justice and survival rages in the hospital. Not only must Betsy fight to survive, she also must reconcile the collision of her Jewish heritage and a growing love for one of her prisoner of war patients. Blinded by an explosion on the front lines, Jan Paulus has come to the prison ward of a hospital in America, thousands of miles from his home in Poland. Jan is drawn to the kindness of Nurse Betsy, but as a prisoner, he has little hope of their burgeoning friendship blossoming into anything more. Still struggling to complete his mission, despite his disability, he has to keep his true identity a secret in order to survive. When one of his allies in the prison ward is killed, Jan is forced to trust someone with his identity, but will the truth put Betsy in even more danger? Will anyone believe them?Allies and enemies both come from surprising places, as the war for freedom spills onto the home front.