num_pages: 402
description: As 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.
language: English
title: The Secret Orphan
publisher: One More Chapter