The Secret Orphan

The Secret Orphan
Glynis Peters

Keep her secret Keep her safeOn 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 … but at what cost?This is a stunning and memorable page-turner of love, loss and resilience for fans of Orphan Train and The Secret WifeAs 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.

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Source ISBN: 9780008300951

Ebook Edition © November 2018 ISBN: 9780008300944

Version: 2018-11-09

For my grandchildren

Finley – my handsome Canadian Bear Cub

Seren, and Palin, my beautiful English roses

Table of Contents

Cover (#uef88f0af-7410-5e98-9204-306be7568f20)

Title Page (#u2c9a85a1-d3fc-5eb1-b9b7-c3c6cb6d436f)

Copyright (#u4bd6f6c4-3715-535d-a58d-ea30aecd04b9)

Dedication (#uf6b61653-8839-5820-855a-cdb5107ee139)

Chapter 1 (#u7cdfda5f-f88a-50ff-b185-4af35545fe38)

Chapter 2 (#u8a0e38e7-edb4-5860-a1bb-37a07e15fcc9)

Elenor and Rose’s Story (#u352477de-fef7-5981-8b23-40bb56ec6448)

Chapter 3 (#ubb4436e4-fba9-53c3-b8cb-caa8e9bb2899)

Chapter 4 (#u81d21b50-bcc9-5ccc-86e7-e67d2ece790d)

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Chapter 10 (#ua74b81e1-3ba4-512e-aee5-aae762cfe22e)

Chapter 11 (#uc4b90502-95d4-5bde-9020-ef9fbea8cb68)

Chapter 12 (#ub71cb3d9-f52c-5d7a-b50d-678a4787d491)

Chapter 13 (#ua4263f1b-af53-5601-a4db-26837663a452)

Chapter 14 (#u7300fd85-f861-5b10-b9e8-62d15ef4dbf1)

Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)

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