Publisher: Avon Books UK, March 31, 2022

Format: ebook

Pages: 400

Rating: 4/5 stars

Synopsis (from Goodreads):

The next gripping and emotional historical fiction read from international bestseller, Mandy Robotham.

Norway, 1942. War rages, and operation Shetland bus is in full swing. Under cover of darkness, Rumi Orlstad and other locals smuggle British agents, fugitives and supplies across the North Sea to the relative safety of Scotland.

But when one mission goes awry, and Rumi’s husband is lost to the dangerous waters, she retreats from the clandestine group, vowing never to take to the seas again.

Meanwhile, her childhood friend Anya has been placed in Lebensborn, one of Himmler’s secret Aryan maternity camps. And when Rumi learns the fate of Anya’s child, she knows she has no choice but to face her fears and help Anya flee from Nazi grip…

My Review:

Thank you Avon Books UK for the copy of this book.
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Read if you like: WW2 resistance stories.
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Taking place in Nazi occupied Norway, the book follows Rumi as she navigates heartbreak and loss brought on by the war. When she meets Jens, she is bitter and angry and hesitant to join the resistance movement.
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I really enjoyed reading about Nazi occupied Norway, which is not as popular as other WW2 novels. It was also interesting to read about the Nazi maternity camp, which is as horrifying as it sounds.
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CW: war, violence, death, torture, imprisonment, pregnancy, childbirth.