Emma Williams and BJ Johnson fall madly in love, completely aware that their relationship will not be readily accepted by a post-war prejudiced society.

In 1948, London is a city recovering from the Second World War. Emma Williams, a young, confident, English woman meets BJ Johnson, a Jamaican man, in circumstances dictating that their relationship be kept secret. Their passionate, clandestine affair causes problems which neither the racially sensitive BJ, nor the open-minded Emma, can resolve. They are completely consumed by their feelings for each other until an unplanned pregnancy disrupts their world. Can their love survive among people who openly display bigotry and racial prejudice, or will their differing views force them apart? Only time will tell what the future holds.