Oregon, 1931: George Graham and Louise Pearson are seventeen. He's heading to seminary and she's a newly licenced commercial pilot. She's more in love with him than ever. He still hasn't noticed.

Then a new boarder comes to live at the Grahams' boarding house. Velma is beautiful and manipulative and determined to have the virtuous George no matter what it takes, ripping George and Louise apart, sending the friends in very different directions than either of them had planned.