THE FRENCH HOUSE by Jacquie Bloese, narrated by Candida Gubbins - audiobook extract
b"Freedom worth fighting for. Love worth waiting for.\\n\\nIn Nazi-occupied Guernsey, the consequences of making the wrong decision can be deadly....\\n\\nLeft profoundly deaf after an accident, \\xc9mile is no stranger to isolation\\u2014or heartbreak. Now, as Nazi planes loom over Guernsey, he senses life is about to change forever.\\n\\nTrapped in a tense, fearful marriage, Isabelle doesn't know what has become of \\xc9mile and the future she hoped for. But when she glimpses him from the window of the French House, their lives collide once more. \\n\\nLieutenant Schreiber is more comfortable wielding a paintbrush than a pistol. But he has little choice in the role he is forced to play in the occupying forces\\u2014or in his own forbidden desires. \\n\\nAs their paths entwine, loyalties are blurred and dangerous secrets forged. But on an island under occupation, courage can have deadly consequences....\\n\\nLyrical, moving and compelling, this is a novel about wanting to hear and learning to listen\\u2014to the truths of our own hearts."