Katerina Zanonna and Clemente Basetti meet aboard an immigrant boat to America in 1893.</p><p>Years later their paths cross in a small town in Kansas. Katerina is planning life as a nun and Clemente is beset with family problems.</p><p> Katerina's renewed attraction to Clemente shakes her resolve in her calling to serve God but she can't ignore Clemente's lack of faith her mother's disapproval and her compulsion for perfection while Clemente is determined to marry Katerina at any cost.</p>