Small town girl is wooed by the bright city lights.

It is on a river showboat that Helen Heise becomes Helena, and is bitten by the “show biz bug.”

Since Brett—her intended—is off and away to fight in the war, Helena is free to wander. A showboat, Broadway, the flickers. Then Hollywood.

Not even the love of her life can lure her back to Chancey’s Bend, Kentucky.

But then, is the backwater town really what Brett thinks he wants?

Will these two lovers forever be separated by miles? By miss-crossed destinies?

Or will they discover a locale where together their lilac love can bloom and grow?