The Secret Locket

Germany, 1941. Noemi’s hazel eyes shine with tears as she takes Pascal’s hand. ‘Come with me,’ she begs him. ‘If we lose each other now, we might never find each other again…’

When Pascal kisses Noemi and presses his mother’s silver locket into her hands, it is a moment she has been longing for her whole life. But when war is declared, overnight their love is forbidden – Noemi is Jewish, and Pascal’s father forces him to become a Hitler Youth officer.

When Noemi’s parents are captured and taken to Dachau, Pascal smuggles her onto a train, praying she will survive until the war is over. As he watches the train leave, he promises himself that one day he will find the girl who took his heart and locket.

Noemi’s never loses hope that one day she will make her way home to her family again. She tells herself that can never include Pascal with his ties to the Nazis, but still she remembers the pendant he gave her, and hope flickers in her chest like a flame. Maybe one day they could reunite…

But as the world burns around her, will she have the strength to find and forgive him? And if she does, will their love last – or will the war’s shadows tear them both apart forever?

A heartrendingly emotional page-turner about hope in the darkest of days, and how love must always prevail. Perfect for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Nightingale and The Book of Lost Names.

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