It's 1943 and Kitty Freeman is hungry for excitement. Married for only 18 months, she's miserable. Brian Freeman wants nothing more than a quiet life, a tidy home and a wife to make his dinner. But when he receives his call-up papers and is sent to France, Kitty feels like a bird set free from its cage. Will she be able to resist the charms of local villain Gerry Stubbs? Does the handsome American lieutenant Jeff Ryder want more than just friendship? One thing's for sure: the war holds more for Kitty than she could ever have imagined...