War is a time or risk and danger, of secrets and betrayal, and of finding love in the most unexpected places
Allison & Busby
March 2013
On Sale: March 11, 2013
Featuring: Elizabeth de Lacey; Lucy Storey; Jack de Lacey
383 pages ISBN: 0749013036 EAN: 9780749013035 Kindle: B00BOE1DJS Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
This is the story of two girls, Elizabeth de Lacey and
Lucy Storey, both from the Norfolk village of Nayton, the
one wealthy and privileged, the other the daughter of the
local stationmaster, poles apart but linked by war.
Elizabeth is holidaying with her maternal grandparents in
Haute Savoie in 1939 when war breaks out and elects to stay.
Along with her aunt, Justine, she becomes involved with the
French Resistance helping allied airmen and escaped
prisoners of war over the Swiss border, which becomes more
and more risky as Germany takes over the whole of France.
Lizzie's life is one of secrets, betrayal and danger
culminating in a fierce battle between the resistance
fighters hiding in the mountains and the Germans determined
to wipe them out. The death of a cousin in the struggle, the
demise of her grandparents and falling in love with Roger,
an SOE agent, add to her anxieties. They are in terrible
danger and the only way to save them is to fetch them home
to England. But that is not as easy as it sounds.
In England, Lucy works for her bullying father at the
Nayton railway station. She secretly loves Jack de Lacey,
Elizabeth's half brother, but she knows he is way above her
socially and in every other way, but when he saves her from
being raped by the jealous signalman, their friendship
deepens. Jack, an air force pilot, is ambivalent about how
he feels about Lucy. She is a calming influence in a life of
constant danger and he is very fond of her, but he wants to
marry someone who can give him the status Lord de Lacey has
given his mother and has been actively courting Belinda
Davenport. For a time he manages to keep both sides of his
life apart, but it cannot last and when Lucy has a baby his
life becomes even more tangled.
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