Kayla's letters sent to her husband, Sergeant Richard Stroud, who was in military service on the other side of the world, are full of love, which is not afraid of the ocean separating the young couple. But tragedy left Kayla a widow with a newborn son too soon. Richard's friends kept his metal box filled with letters from his wife filled with declarations of love. Trevor Rule, returning home from military service, took with him letters from his best friend. As he reads them, he falls more and more in love with the tender and passionate woman who wrote them, and wants to convince Kayla to be happy, leaving Richard's death in the past. But Trevor is hiding a secret that could destroy the love he so passionately cherishes.