It was just days before Christmas, 1940. In a room filled with the scions of East Coast society and the leading political figures of the day, it is Joe Allbright, the brilliant protégé of Charles Lindbergh and a legend in flying circles, who catches Kate Jamison's eye. On this glittering night, all Kate sees is a tall, strikingly handsome man who seems at once awkward and larger-than-life. Kate will go off to study at Radcliffe. Joe will skyrocket to fame in modern aviation. Even after the long dark years of World War II, when Kate was sure she had finally lost him completely, Joe returns. And when a chance encounter brings them together again, the time has finally come for them to make a choice, one that will have profound consequences for them both-- and for those around them.