bestselling author anne baker's compelling saga of family secrets, heartache and happy endings. when nancy seymour's raf pilot husband, charles, is killed, her life falls apart. not only has she lost the man she loved, but she also loses her home and must find a way to support herself and their little girl, caro, on her own. with the outbreak of world war two, nancy is grateful for the sanctuary offered by charles's father in the form of a little cottage in the countryside. but his mother henrietta has always disapproved of her son's wife and seems hell-bent on making her life a misery. nancy has little idea, though, of the depths to which henrietta is prepared to sink. with the danger of war ever-present, nancy must find the strength to protect those she holds dear through years of hardship and peril. and, if she survives all this, perhaps she can still hope for a second chance at happiness...