A story of family secrets, love and betrayal which switches from modern day France to the Second World War, from the acclaimed author of }The Hothouse Flower{ and }The Girl On The Cliff{. Emilie has always fought against her aristocratic background, but on inheriting a Chateau in the South of France she is drawn into her family's past; why is there a tiny concealed room in the wine cellars? Why did her father never speak of his decorated role in WWII?