A sweeping wartime mystery of love, loss, and the secrets that refuse to stay buried
‘Beautifully layered, emotional, and utterly gripping.’
‘A powerful tale of a mother’s love and a past that won’t let go.’
‘Rich with atmosphere — heartbreaking and compulsively readable.’
MALTA 1940
An Irish officer’s wife, Adelle Ottaway, has just given birth to a baby with serious problems. Her husband insists the baby should be left in an institution. Adelle decides otherwise and joins a convoy on a perilous journey home to Ireland. She makes a secret promise to her daughter that she will look after her no matter what it takes. But she didn’t expect to fall for a US Army medic who is stationed in her village.
NORTHERN IRELAND 1987
Adelle’s life is falling apart. A body has been discovered at the seaside cottage she used to spend time in during the war, and her younger daughter has vanished. The more the police investigate, the more the threads of Adelle’s past are pulled apart.
Then one day the phone rings and it’s him. The voice she thought she’d never hear again. The man she never stopped loving.
Is it ever too late to start again?
A moving, atmospheric story of mothers and daughters, forbidden love, impossible choices, and the shadows cast by wartime secrets.
Perfect for readers of Kristin Hannah, Kate Morton, and Martha Hall Kelly.
Genre: Historical Romance
‘Beautifully layered, emotional, and utterly gripping.’
‘A powerful tale of a mother’s love and a past that won’t let go.’
‘Rich with atmosphere — heartbreaking and compulsively readable.’
MALTA 1940
An Irish officer’s wife, Adelle Ottaway, has just given birth to a baby with serious problems. Her husband insists the baby should be left in an institution. Adelle decides otherwise and joins a convoy on a perilous journey home to Ireland. She makes a secret promise to her daughter that she will look after her no matter what it takes. But she didn’t expect to fall for a US Army medic who is stationed in her village.
NORTHERN IRELAND 1987
Adelle’s life is falling apart. A body has been discovered at the seaside cottage she used to spend time in during the war, and her younger daughter has vanished. The more the police investigate, the more the threads of Adelle’s past are pulled apart.
Then one day the phone rings and it’s him. The voice she thought she’d never hear again. The man she never stopped loving.
Is it ever too late to start again?
A moving, atmospheric story of mothers and daughters, forbidden love, impossible choices, and the shadows cast by wartime secrets.
Perfect for readers of Kristin Hannah, Kate Morton, and Martha Hall Kelly.
Genre: Historical Romance