After a year in Paris studying painting at l' Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts, H lene Simard returns home to Quebec City in 1939, with a secret. She has a German fianc . She can conceal his identity, but not the baby she carries. Hans Werner, her lover, was drafted in the German army, and his dreams of ever reuniting with H lene are shattered with WWII escalating. In 1942, a bold opportunity arises for him to cross the Atlantic. Hounded by the Canadian police and Nazi assassins, the lovers' hope for a new life together becomes intertwined with a plot to kill Winston Churchill.