The Last War Orphan

I look down at the baby abandoned on my doorstep this morning. This little one knows nothing yet of the hatred taking over Paris. My arms tighten around her. I will keep her safe, no matter what…

Paris, 1940. With its cheerful, pink-painted walls, St Agnes Orphanage is the only place that Lucie has ever felt truly safe. Fleeing the German occupation of Paris broke her heart, so when she is separated from her sisters on the road, she makes the terrifying decision to return.

The orphanage is unrecognisable – the walls painted stark white, the ivy and wisteria that once clambered over them cruelly destroyed. Lucie’s heart stops when she sees the red and black Nazi flags hanging from the windows. She’d dreamt of the warmth of St Agnes every night, but her home has new owners.

With nowhere else to go, Lucie is forced to cook and clean for the German soldiers within. If she is to survive long enough to be reunited with her sisters one day, she must stifle her instinct to rebel, scrubbing floors in the silent halls that were once filled with warmth and laughter.

But then she finds a tiny baby bundled up in blankets on the front step, and everything changes. Lucie vows to protect this defenceless little life, no matter the cost. But as Paris grows more and more dangerous, can she keep her promise? And will it cost her everything?

For fans of Roberta Kagan, Kristin Hannah and Kelly Rimmer comes an utterly heart-wrenching novel about incredible courage in the darkest of times that will keep you turning the pages late into the night.

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