The Promise She Made

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>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?</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>York 1942. </strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>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 </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Eliza </strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>safe from harm. The Germans have taken everything from her - her family her fiancé </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Antoine</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> 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.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>Eliza is alive. I've seen her. You must find her...</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>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. </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Can they reignite their love after all the loss they've suffered and will Ruby ever see her little sister again? </strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>An utterly heartbreaking and emotional wartime novel about the power of family love and sacrifice <em>The Promise She Made </em>tells the story of one woman's courage while facing unimaginable odds. Fans of Fiona Valpy Soraya M. Lane and Rhys Bowen will be gripped from start to finish.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Readers love Julie Hartley:</strong></p><p></p><p>'<strong>Beautiful</strong>...<strong> Phenomenal</strong>... Captivating... <strong>Heartbreaking</strong>... Inspiring and emotionally <strong>gripping</strong>... <strong>unputdownable</strong>... <strong>buried itself in my heart</strong>... <strong>I can't get it out of my mind</strong>... <strong>I wish I could give 10 stars</strong>.' <em>Page Turners</em> <span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>??????????</span></p><p></p><p>'<strong>Read it in less than 24 hours</strong>... <strong>Beautiful</strong>... <strong>tugs at the heartstrings</strong>... <strong>unputdownable</strong>... I started reading at 6 PM on a Friday slept for three hours made a pot of coffee and picked up the book <strong>because I simply had to keep reading</strong>... <strong>I loved the book</strong>... a <strong>five-star read</strong> all the way around... <strong>Excellent</strong>.' Goodreads reviewer <span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>??????????</span></p><p></p><p>'<strong>One of the best historical fiction novels of the year</strong>... <strong>beautiful</strong>... will have you <strong>turning the pages furiously</strong> trying to find out what will happen next... <strong>I loved it</strong>.' <em>Rebeccaklove</em> <span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>??????????</span></p>