As WWII draws to a close, Gus Clifton, feared lost in Germany, surprises his sisters at their family home. But an even greater shock is the woman he brings home, Krista - the German wife whom he has married secretly in Berlin. Gus's sisters can only see the enemy their brother has brought under their roof. What hold does Krista have over their honourable and upright Gus? And how can the women get her out of their home, their England? In post-war London the enemy is brought under the roof of a British family.