Publisher: Bookouture
Release date: 12 February 2025
Back cover blurb: As our ship starts to sink, I see flares lighting up the midnight sky. ‘Hold on tight. I will keep you safe. I promise,’ I say to my terrified little sister as I hold back my tears. But I know I can’t hold on for much longer and as she slips away, my heart breaks. Will I ever see her again? York, 1942. On the night of the Blitz, Ruby returns to her beloved hometown with her heart shattered. She couldn’t keep the one promise she made to her dying mother, to keep her little sister Eliza safe from harm. The Germans have taken everything from her – her family, her fiancé Antoine, and now, her home. When she finds her family home destroyed, she falls to her knees in tears. Among the ruins of her life, she wonders if she has the strength to carry on. But then, she finds a mysterious note which gives her a flicker of hope. Eliza is alive. I’ve seen her. You must find her… Determined to find out what happened to her sister, Ruby joins the Special Operations Executive keen to defend all that she has left and fight against the Nazis. Whilst there, she is tearfully reunited with Antoine, who believes he may know what happened to Eliza that dark night on the ocean. Can they reignite their love after all the loss they’ve suffered, and will Ruby ever see her little sister again?
Ruby a talented pianist, is heartbroken when she is effectively orphaned after a car accident, and she promises her Mother on her deathbed that she will do everything to keep her little sister Eliza safe from harm.
It is a promise she is able to keep with no problem at all, until the Blitz descends on York, and poor Eliza is petrified.
Believing that she is doing it for the best, she applies for the pair of them to leave her Aunt's guardianship and travel to Canada with the Children's Overseas Reception Board initiative.
But tragedy strikes enroute and Ruby is convinced that Eliza is lost forever to the sea.
Believing she has nothing to live for now, and determined to wreak her revenge on Nazi Germany she joins the Special Operations Executive with very little regard for her own safety.
When she is reunited with her fiancée, he convinces her of the possibility that Eliza may still be alive, and together against the challenges that War throws them, they try to piece together puzzle pieces that might bring them all back together.
Based loosely on the sinking of the SS Benares by the Nazis, and the real life recruitment of female intelligence officers into the SOE, this novel is beautifully written account of one woman's journey through the darkest of times.
The Promise She Made is available now via Amazon online and all book shops.
Thank You to the publishers who approved my request via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
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