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  • The Secret Orphan

  • A historical novel full of secrets
  • By: Glynis Peters
  • Narrated by: Anna Cordell
  • Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (14 ratings)

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By: Glynis Peters
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Summary

Keep her secret

Keep her safe

On the 14th November 1940, Hitler’s bombs rain down on Coventry. From the rubble of a bombed-out family home, a young girl is saved…

This is a stunning and memorable page-turner of love, loss and resilience for fans of The Secret Wife by Gill Paul

As the Nazis’ relentless bombs fall during the Blitz of Coventry, six-year-old Rose Sherbourne finds herself orphaned and under the guardianship of a Cornish farmer's daughter, Elenor Cardew.

Elenor knows that the only way to protect spirited Rose is to leave the city and make a new life for themselves away from harm. But soon Elenor discovers that Hitler’s firestorm is not the only thing she must fear when she learns a devastating secret about Rose…

With Rose’s life in imminent danger, Elenor turns to the only person she can trust to keep the deadly secret, heroic Canadian pilot, Jackson St John. And amidst the destruction of war, an unlikely romance blossoms as they find a way to protect the child they have both grown to love…and each other.
©2019 Glynis Peters (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
20th Century Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Romance Small Town & Rural War
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Loved this story

A lovely story and good in-site to how difficult it was during the war reminds me of the story's my parents would talk abouut

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Plucky heroine

It’s a good romp of a story but some of the historical details are a bit off key.

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