Shattered by the bitter end of a passionate affair, Lizzie Wilde leaves her native north east to seek fame and fortune on the London stage. Determined to make her own way in the world, she'll not let her heart be broken again, so when she meets the handsome Captain Ashton, Lizzie resists his advances, for an officer and a gentleman would never marry a lowly actress. With bombs raining down on London, every meeting might be their last, and just as Lizzie dares hope they might have a future, their love is put to the sternest of tests.