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How far will they go for family, friendship, and love?

Occupied France, 1940. When the staff at a field hospital draw straws to find out who will join the evacuation from Dunkirk, Nurse Cate is left behind. But when the Nazis arrive to claim prisoners of war, she takes her chance and flees into the night, taking one patient with her.

Fifty miles away, the surrendering soldiers of the Royal Norfolk Regiment are shot dead by the advancing Germans. Beneath the pile of bodies two men survive, crawling to the safety of a nearby farmhouse, where sisters Elise and Adelaide risk their lives to take them in. When Cate, too, arrives at their door with her injured soldier, the pressure mounts.

The sisters are risking everything to keep their visitors safe. But with the Nazis coming ever closer and relationships in the farmhouse intensifying, they must all question the sacrifices they are willing to make for the lives of others. How far will they go for family, friendship, and love?

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Soraya M. Lane graduated with a law degree before realizing that law wasn’t the career for her and that her future was in writing. She is the author of historical and contemporary women’s fiction, and her novel Wives of War was an Amazon Charts bestseller. Soraya lives on a small farm in her native New Zealand with her husband, their two young sons, and a collection of four-legged friends. When she’s not writing, she loves to be outside playing make-believe with her children or snuggled up inside reading. For more information about Soraya and her books, visit www.sorayalane.com or www.facebook.com/SorayaLaneAuthor, or follow her on Twitter: @Soraya_Lane.

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The Secrets We Left Behind is another historical fiction from the bestselling author, Soraya M. Lane. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08HCPF5Y6
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lake Union Publishing (20 May 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2053 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 321 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1542025907

Best Sellers Rank: 2,433 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 18 in Women's Fiction About Friendship
- 18 in Historical Military Fiction
- 30 in War Fiction (Books)

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Soraya M. Lane graduated with a law degree before realizing that law wasn't the career for her and that her future was in writing. She is the author of historical and contemporary women's fiction, and her novel Wives of War was an Amazon Charts bestseller.

Soraya lives on a small farm in her native New Zealand with her husband, their two young sons and a collection of four legged friends. When she's not writing, she loves to be outside playing make-believe with her children or snuggled up inside reading.

For more information about Soraya and her books, visit www.sorayalane.com or www.facebook.com/SorayaLaneAuthor, or follow her on Twitter @Soraya_Lane

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Kindle Customersheila Robinson

The secrets we left behind

Reviewed in Australia on 21 December 2021

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This war story was so realistic that I had a hard time putting it down.My first husband served in the Royal Norfolk Regiment and told me many stories one of them being a regiment who mysteriously disappeared and this book made me wonder if this was what happened to them.Also as an older person,the memories of the war are still in my mind.A well written book,very realistic,and giving an insight to the heroic things that happened in those times.Will look for more of this writer's books and recommend this book to both men and women.

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A great read

Reviewed in Australia on 6 September 2021

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This is the second book I've read by this Author and I thoroughly enjoyed each one, sitting on the edge of your seat you just must keep reading, it's thrilling, heartbreaking and mind blowing to think these events did happen. Reading this book was a privilege and I commend Soraya on her writing abilities, I'm looking forward to my next read from her. Thank you and well done.

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Terry Sampson

Enjoyable story that made cry just a little

Reviewed in Australia on 19 June 2021

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Really enjoy reading her stories. Obviously well researched which lends authenticity but with the simplicity of a romance as well. Thanks for your ideas and hard work.

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lynne

Excellent

Reviewed in Australia on 28 January 2022

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Could not put this down..just one of those beautifully told stories..about our history about love,friendship and that enemies can be everywhere. Quite hero’s making evil accountable. The massacre well just heartbreaking…thank you for telling this it should never be forgotten.

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Marshcourt

Emotional Rollercoaster

Reviewed in Australia on 28 September 2021

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book but had to take a break between chapters as it was so compelling. We have forgotten, if we ever knew, what went on during World War Two, and this book brings to life the horror and fear the women left behind at home endured.

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Emma Hinchliffe

Definitely worth the read

Reviewed in Australia on 5 September 2021

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First time reading a book by Soraya Lane and I can happily say I loved everything about it. Such twists and turns in this gritty story about people trying to survive WW2. Loveable characters and a great storyline. Definitely recommend reading if you love books about the war.

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Great Story

Reviewed in Australia on 17 September 2021

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A truly gripping read! This was REALLY hard to put down, l read it well into the night.l look forward to reading more of her books

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Matilda

Outstanding

Reviewed in Australia on 23 May 2021

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Hard to believe the talent of this author with yet another book I could not put down. Believable Confronting yet always Hopeful

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Manny B.

disappointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 August 2021

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this book wasn`t for me, far from the "gripping, wartime suspense" the reviewers made it out to be. The dialogue is not of the time, British people don`t say "gotten", the grammar is poor, the spelling is American. Any suspense is only on the periphery and it`s unbelievable that in the small community where Elise and Addy live they see absolutely no French people for the whole time they are hiding the fugitives.
The massacre at Le Paradis deserved to be written about in a better way than this not as the background to a very weak romance book.

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Extraordinary book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 July 2021

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It's difficult to say that I loved this book because the facts it is based on are so terrible but it is an extraordinary story with excellent characters. The nurses Cate and Lilly, full of innocent optimism at the start of their war; the injuries they see and the patients they care for; comrades Harry and Peter, coping with the most appalling situation around the fall of Dunkirk; sisters Elise and Adelaide trying to keep going in a country that is changing dramatically every day - all of them so well described that I really cared about them and what happened to them. So many 'ordinary' people doing extraordinary things and dealing with extreme and challenging situations because there is no other choice. I found I could not put this book down, especially in the latter stages. I almost felt I couldn't read fast enough to keep up with the pace of events.
I have looked up the factual background of this story and it is difficult to read but unfortunately not an isolated incident. Soraya has taken one of the tragic and criminal events of the time and created an incredible novel, full of warmth and courage.

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LOVED IT!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 May 2021

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Soraya has written some excellent WW11 novels but I think this is the best one so far. A lot of research is undertaken so that her novels can be based on actual events and each novel usually brings our attention to some of the less well documented incidents of the war, especially those concerning women taking an active part in the midst of it all.
With this background and the wonderful characters imagined by Soraya, you feel like you are reading a true story and really care what happens to these people.
The story has you hooked from the first chapter and interwoven with the perilous events are the occasional sweet moments that show the depths of people's love for each other, whether it is for a friend, sibling or soul mate.
If you enjoy reading books set during this time frame, you will really love this one.

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Nightowl.

Sisterhood......

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 October 2021

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I chose this book as it covers a time in history which had a long lasting effect on my father ..... He was with the BEF in France, and caught up in the evacuation from Dunkirk - something I knew nothing about - but the "shadow" of things that he must have seen I now realise had a profound effect on the person I remember.
This book not only brought home the horror of what happened ( I had read about the massacre ) and how many people gave so much to save others..... For anyone wanting to understand this, our "characters" bring this period to life .

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Tiggywinkle

A truly inspiring read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 July 2021

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When I started this book I wondered if it was really going to be my kind of read but it was wonderful and I loved everything about the storyline. It had special meaning for me due to the fact that my father was a soldier waiting to be evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk and was bought home to England in one of the little boats participating in the rescue of so many thousands so it brought back memories of the stories he told and the horrific things he endured at such a terrible time. Thank you Soraya fore bringing this time of our history into such a lovely book. I have loved all the books of yours I have read so far and still have more to go.

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