Rebecca London--a girl of 16--and her family move from London, England, her birthplace, to Florence, Alabama for her father's work. The year is 1917. The problem? Rebecca is stubborn, selfish, and above all determined to hate every bit of it, even if America gives her the prospects of fame and greater fortune. Enter the common garden boy who gets under her skin. He is everything that she hates in the world, namely, not above hard work, without a penny to his name, and oh yeah, AMERICAN, but he just might change her world, if she lets him. Every action has consequences, Rebecca will soon learn. This is the story of how love can change people and how the most unkind person can become the most selfless. It's a story of romance, but most of all of redemption.