1985. Jo is on her way to the Houseman Livery Stables. She looks forward to a new start after recently being fired from her previous position at a prestigious racing stable. Embarrassed she was let go, Jo hopes her new boss doesn’t ask the circumstance in which she was fired.

 

Lily, the owner of the livery stable, is leaving behind her home where she was born in order to marry an army officer. Lily is apprehensive about moving a few hours away to the military base on Salisbury Plains. 

 

Jo begins to unexpectedly feel sexual tension during the few days Lily has set aside to explain her expectations in running the business.

 

Can love find a light through misunderstanding and tragedy?