One forbidden love. Two broken hearts. Three little things.Hattie Waltz should forget the troubled neighbor leaving for boot camp in 1917. He forgot about her ages ago. It had always been the Waltzs verses the Kregers, his family pitted against hers. When she hands him a farewell gift, a chemistry lesson unfolds. The good kind. Arno Kreger canít leave Iowa or his old man fast enough. Heís eager to prove his worth on the battlefield and stop blaming himself for his brotherís death. Before entering the train, he bumps into Hattie. Heís loved her forever, always from the sidelines, because nobody crosses Hattieís pa.One innocent letter soon morphs into many. Arno and Hattie share three little secrets in each letter and grow closer together. But heís on his way to a war across the ocean, and sheís still in her fatherís house. Their newfound love will need to survive dangers on both fronts.