Romantic Novelists' Association

After running from her mother’s seaside cottage ten years ago following a devastating loss, Sarah returns to the village of Dovecote to fulfil her father’s dying wish. As she opens the gate of her childhood home, long-buried emotions rise to the surface. Having drifted from the close-knit community, she can’t bear to face those she hurt when she left…

When Sarah dislodges a loose floorboard in her mother’s bedroom, she finds a yellowed envelope filled with photos from the Second World War. Turning one over, her eyes widen at the two women pictured in her mother’s garden.

Sarah turns to the one person who can help her make sense of what she’s found: her estranged husband, Rob. But just as Sarah and Rob begin to rekindle their relationship, a heart-wrenching revelation about Sarah’s mother forces her to make an impossible decision.