She kills the son of her local police chief in self-defence.

The unfolding story follows the life of a young woman who must dig deep to find hidden strengths she never knew she had as she battles for survival and tries to keep love alive in such difficult times.

This gripping romantic adventure will have you turning the pages to follow an ordinary woman catapulted into extraordinary times. Alicia has that quiet courage that many women of her time and in the present possess.