Set in occupied Paris this epic powerful story of love betrayal and atonement sheds light on the events of Liberation and its aftermath. A novel that will stay with you for ever. A POWERFUL PORTRAIT OF WAR. A HEARTBREAKING STORY OF LOVE. THE EXTRAORDINARY NEW NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF WHILE PARIS SLEPT. Paris 1944. Elise Chevalier knows what it is to love...and to hate. Her fiance a young French soldier was killed by the German army at the Maginot Line. Living amongst the enemy Elise must keep her rage buried deep within. Sebastian Kleinhaus no longer recognises himself. After four years spent fighting a war he doesn't believe in wearing a uniform he despises he longs for a way out. For something someone to be his salvation. Brittany 1963. Reaching for the suitcase under her mother's bed eighteen-year-old Josephine Chevalier uncovers a secret that shakes her to the core. Determined to find the truth she travels to Paris where she discovers the story of a dangerous love that grew as a city fought for its freedom. Of the last stolen hours before the first light of liberation. And of a betrayal so deep that it would irrevocably change the course of two young lives life for ever.
