Publisher's Synopsis
June, 1944. In the immediate aftermath of the Normandy Landings, chaos reigns and lives are irrevocably disrupted. On an isolated farm close to the front line, Martine battles to keep her animals fed. Her German boyfriend, Otto, torn between his love for Martine and fear of his SS superiors, is considering the idea of deserting from the army. On the South coast of England, meanwhile, Colonel David Clarke is preparing his troops for the last stage of the Allied invasion. At home, his pretty young wife assuages her loneliness through an affair with an RAF officer. Though passions are ignited and loyalties are strained, honour eventually prevails...
