Will you wait?

College student Hope Camden is relentlessly serious, immensely shy, and in urgent need of discovering more daring qualities in her character. At least that's what her sister tells her, who persuades Hope to go and spend an unplanned Christmas vacation in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Hope's plans to immerse herself in reading books for the entire holiday are ruined when she meets Jack Freeman, delightful and mysterious a military helicopter pilot who is staying at the same hotel. What was supposed to be a quiet Christmas holiday turns into a life-changing event for Hope and Jack.

So what's the catch? Jack is going to war, and there is no guarantee that he will be able to return.