Set in Alaska, Seattle, and London in 1973, Willow and Jeff is a story of enduring love, backbreaking work, maternal ambition, lies we tell, and secrets we keep.

Young lovers Willow and Jeff, born and raised in the small fishing town of Agate Cove, Alaska, work long hours in an old salmon cannery that has been in Jeff's family for decades while their mothers make plans to tear them apart and set them on paths to better lives in better places. Friends and enemies at the cannery, in Seattle, and in London follow their own paths, entangling Willow and Jeff in their schemes with no concern for the consequences.