Suddenly a widow, Callie Atherton does not know what to do with herself anymore. She wanders the streets of London, in her widow’s black, just to avoid all of the well-wishers who insist on visiting her home. That is, until she attends the funeral service for all of the men lost in the Battle of Trafalgar and receives an oilskin wrapped gift. Dr. John Sinclair just wants to get back to his normal life and forget about the horrors of war. He attended the funeral service so that he could say his regrets to his fellow men-in-arms. That is, until he saw the face he had stared at so long in the form of a painted miniature and heard the promise he made to a dying man. Can two broken souls find life again when all hope is gone?