London, 1940: As the bombs rain down and the streets empty, Finley crouches in a London underground shelter and tries to stop herself from shivering. She paints a smile on, ignores her fear and begins to help those around her feel less alone. Her mind turns to the man she loves, Sebastien, miles away, risking his life for his adopted family. She will keep the light of home aflame for him until he returns.

She’ll never forget the moment he appeared on her doorstep, desperately looking for lodgings, a haunted look on his thin face, and how they had grown close over shared cups of cocoa in the kitchen sharing stories of all they had lost in this terrible war.

Thousands of miles away, in the middle of Europe, Sebastien hides in an abandoned farmhouse, close to an enemy camp. He’s risking his life but thoughts of Finley, the woman he loves, are keeping him going. He hopes that Finley is safe in Cornwall, where she promised him would go and allows himself to dare to dream of a future, when the war is over, where they can be happy together in the cosy house on the cobbled London street.

But when a loud blast shakes the shelter in London, Finley fears that this night in London may be her last. If she dies here, Sebastien will never know what happened to her. But not only that, he will never know of the secret she carries, a heart-breaking secret that has the power to change their world forever…

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