In the bestselling writer of Wives of War comes a harrowing tale of four brave young nurses whose lives change forever in the wake of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

When Elegance, Apr, and Poppy join the united states Military Nurse Corps, they see it as little more than an adventure, one made all of the better simply by their first train station: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Joined up with at the hip, idealistic Elegance, exuberant Poppy, and brave but haunted April frolic in sunlight, attending celebrations, flirting with the attractive soldiers, and becoming fast friends with seasoned nurse Eva. Like the Hawaiian sunlight, their future appears warm and shiny—before infamous morning of December 7.

Within just several horrifying hours, their sparkling hopes turn to black rubble and ash. Right now embroiled within a war they hardly ever could have imagined, they need to decide what matters to them and face grief because they never have before. Death may await them—but so do hope and purpose. Amid the carnage, can they find happiness and learn to fight not only for their country’s honor but also for themselves?