When a fierce snowstorm traps two young strangers in an isolated ruin, the last thing they imagine is that they'll fall in love, or how that will affect others around them. Rose is desperate to leave home, but who will look after her frail father if she does? Lawrence has been working as a paramedic in war-torn Sri Lanka, unexpectedly compelled to return home. Lawrence is everything Rose has dreamed of but has a darker past and much more at stake than she knows. Their families are also bitter enemies. When Lawrence makes one last-ditch attempt to put things right he faces both a past and a family that threaten to destroy him. And as the opportunity to pursue her own dreams suddenly opens for Rose, she discovers just how far she is prepared to go to keep him.