War widow Laura Wickenham and her sister Phyllis, live a comfortable, if unexciting life, with Phyllis's daughter Belinda. When Belinda becomes involved with a fortune hunter, Laura encounters the charming Ross Stansfield. Attraction is instant, but unwanted. Laura has met the man she wants to spend the rest of her life with, but she is afraid to move on. Can she risk losing another love? Ross has no doubts, but when he discovers one of Laura's suitors is a French spy, he is forced to be patient until the spy is unmasked. The subsequent adventure leads Laura and Ross through the wintry countryside in pursuit of the eloping couple and the spy. Can love be far behind?