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Set in the golden summer before the First World War, the story follows Emily Pendennys, who feels the weight of her duty to secure her family's future through a strategic marriage. Love seems unattainable as she remains bound to her small Cornish village. However, a fateful encounter offers her a glimpse of a different life and ignites a passionate romance that will alter her destiny forever, just as the looming war threatens to change everything she knows.

When Nell Summers stumbles across a photograph in her late father's belongings, the faded image of a young soldier leads her to question everything she knows. Drawn to Cornwall in search of answers, a neglected garden and crumbling Second World War fortifications offer some explanation, but does anyone remain who might remember the truth? And whose promise was broken with devastating consequences? As her world turns upside down, Nell must face her own past and confront secrets deeper and darker than she could ever imagine