Ukraine, 1944. Savka Ivanets works as a medic for the Ukrainian resistance. Her husband Marko has been gone for years, first as a commander of the resistance and now as a reluctant member of the SS, and she lives each day fearing what will become of him and that she—or, worse, their young son Taras—will be taken hostage and tortured or killed. Then Marko reappears and gives Savka a coded message that he demands she deliver to an underground bunker. But Taras is kidnapped by the KGB and she's shot, left for dead in the trees. Salt Spring Island, 1972. Celebrated landscape artist Jeanie Esterhazy lives a quiet life hidden away from the world that is too much for her to bear. Ever since the horrific accident on her wedding day years ago that left her scarred, Jeanie feels unlovable and utterly alone. Then a mysterious stranger appears at the house, and suddenly Jeanie begins having flashbacks that make her wonder if there's more to the events of the night of her wedding than she's been told.