Beverley Latimer Knihy

Hannah meets Philip Turner when she is only fourteen. He is twenty-one. Philip is very much attracted to the young girl with the blonde hair and shapely figure, and Hannah quickly becomes infatuated with him.Hannah believes Philip is in love with her, and so, when he promises to look after her, and give her the future she deserves, she has no reason not to believe him.They marry when Hannah is sixteen and pregnant with their first child.Hannah soon realises that Philip has deceived her, and that he is not the man she believed him to be. She finds herself trapped inside a marriage, where she is regularly beaten and abused.Seven and a half years later, Hannah realises things will never get any better, and that she needs to escape, in an attempt to save herself, her children, and her sanity.But there is the real danger that, if she leaves, Philip might carry out his threat: to hunt her down and kill her, if she were to ever leave him.

Isaac and Esther Barak, a young, beautiful, and talented couple, are living in the south of France when World War Two begins. They have everything to live for: fame, a loving marriage, a beautiful home, and two young children.As Jews, Isaac and Esther are targeted; their fame and their money cannot save them.In an attempt to try and save the lives of their young children, Isaac turns to a close friend for help. The children are smuggled out of France and kept hidden until the war is over.Isaac and Esther are captured as they attempt to flee to a hiding place deep in the French countryside. They are both transported to separate extermination camps in Poland within days of their arrest.Two and a half years later Esther is liberated by the Russian army. But what of her husband?Not knowing if Isaac has survived or not, Esther's journey continues with the hope that she and Isaac will find their way back to each other, and the children they have not seen for over two years.

Saffron and Marcus are in the prime of their youth. Married for just over three years, Marcus still wants to focus on his career and travel the world with his wife. So, when Saffron announces her unexpected pregnancy, Marcus is shocked and furious. He tries to insist that Saffron should have the pregnancy terminated.Saffron is left shocked and upset, knowing she must choose between him and their baby.A heartbreaking tragedy results in Saffron travelling to France, where she meets Frenchman, Raphael. Saffron senses that Raphael has suffered a trauma of his own. But will he reveal to her his own story, that is far more tragic than her own?Can these two strangers, who have seemingly been brought together by chance, bring each other some comfort, or will their respective pasts be too much for them to handle?