Christmas eve 1939, William Grey, a small time writer with no family to celebrate the holidays, is lacking inspiration to write his latest book. With no one to spend time with, he goes into a book store to find a good book to read and meets the book store owner, Amelia Sinclair. They instantly click and fall in love but almost a year later September 16th, 1940, he gets drafted into World War 2. What will happen these long distance lovers? (Probably not accurate, keep that in mind while reading.)