A young beautiful woman, Theresa is devastated at having to give up her illegitimate child. She enlists and is singled out to join the Special Operations Executive to become an undercover agents. Her mission is to assist the Resistance group run by Pierre Reuben. But life isn't just this dangerous and courageous work, or the love that consumes her and Pierre. Or the child they give life to. Life is now confusing, and Theresa is lost in a mind that tangles the past with the present. What has gone has to be atoned for as revenge is sought by a child, grown into a bitter woman, and a son seeking answers - with the result that many suffer...