After a failed marriage, Tessa Carmichael buys a small farm on the edge of a small town and lives there in seclusion. One evening a soldier appears on her doorstep, claiming that the farm belongs to him.   Liam Thompson isn't entirely wrong, Tessa knows his face from TV shows. He is a soldier who was captured by terrorists for five years. Everyone thought he was dead, so after his grandmother died, the farm was sold to her.. Liam looks so tired that Tessa can't just send him away, and leaves him in her house. For one night. But one night turns into several, and Tessa and Liam gradually become closer until each of them is overtaken by their own past.