Publisher's Synopsis
"A potent mix of passion and suspense" EVENING HERALD The advent of the Second World War changes everything and when Tom Phillips proposes to Ruth Madiewsky during seven days' leave, Ruth says yes, despite being only twenty. After all, who knows if they'll ever see each other again? A year goes by and there's no news from Tom. Ruth is forced to get on with her life and finds herself enjoying attention from another. It is this temptation which threatens to alter Ruth's life for ever and, when the war is finally over, she finds the battle for her own personal freedom and safety has just begun...
