While WWII raged across Europe, islanders in Guernsey were living under occupation by the Germans who invaded the Channel Islands in 1940. Ellen is defiant when a Polish prisoner-of-war who is fleeing from his guards knocks desperately on her door. Beaten and exhausted, Lukasz must hide, and fast. But defying the Nazis is dangerous.
Plunged into a veil of secrecy where no-one can be trusted, Ellen’s nerve is tested when her friend Lucy becomes concerned and demands to know what’s going on. Should she tell her?
Torn between risking the lives of all who know her and her obsession with the troubled Lukasz. How far is Ellen willing to go in protecting a man she hardly knows?