Could there exist a love powerful enough to overcome the grave? Hard times during the Great Depression force twenty-year-old Florence to leave her service at the monastery and seek employment. Fate brings her to work for a wealthy recluse, General Alexander Sterling. What she doesn't know is that he has left his native country escaping a painful past. A past that he yearns to forget, but destiny won't allow it as her presence brings it into complete focus. Despite many daunting events and a meddling housekeeper with dark secrets of her own, Florence and Alexander fall deeply in love. And when an explosive truth shatters their blossoming romance, a mysterious stranger gives her an opportunity to travel back in time to unlock the secret to her existence. Florence must strive to return to the present to save their relationship from the imminent danger that awaits them.