The Hidden Palace

An island of secrets. A runaway. And a promise…

A rebellious daughter 1925. Rosalie Delacroix flees Paris for the bohemian clubs of Malta, a tiny island in the Mediterranean. There, among the ancient walls and winding streets, strangers slip into the shadows and anyone can buy a new name.

A sister with a secret 1944. Running from the brutality of war in France, Florence Baudin faces a new life deep in the Devonshire countryside, England. But her estranged mother makes a desperate request: to find her vanished sister, who went missing years before.

A rift over generations A faded last letter from Rosalie is Florence’s only clue, the war an immovable barrier - and time is running out.

Praise for Daughters of War

A rich tapestry of courage, passion and family secrets beneath the dark shadows of war … a novel to sweep you away to a different time and place -HAZEL GAYNOR

A glorious page-turner about three sisters in Occupied France in 1944 … a novel to disappear into- GILL PAUL

A wonderfully evocative and sensual writer -SANTA MONTEFIORE

A warm and engrossing tale of passion and courage. I loved it -RACHEL HORE

‘Love, grief, abandonment, betrayal and secrets … I adored it’-LIZ NUGENT