For those who enjoy Hannah Alexander's Hideaway novels, now is the chance to read the historical love story of some beloved characters. Second Lieutenant Red Meyer has looked forward to his return to Hideaway, Missouri, and to his sweetheart, Bertie Moennig, for the duration of the war. But his dreams are shattered when he is wounded in the last stages of World War II in Europe. Bertie, beautiful inside and out, deserves a whole man. Red is determined to keep his distance. But a tragedy on the home front brings the couple face to face for the first time in a year, and now a dangerous mystery threatens both their lives. As they fight for survival in their tiny Ozark town, Red has to summon the faith and courage to protect the woman he has never stopped loving.