Natalie’s latest novel, The Girl with the Yellow Star, is out on October 28th 2022

Set in Cornwall during World War Two, it is a story of love, courage and hope against the odds

Available now to preorder at Amazon and on Netgalley from 29 October, 2pm

Cornwall, England, 1943. When her husband is killed fighting in the Navy, grief- stricken Gwenna Devoran tries to fill the void in her life by offering shelter to two Jewish refugees in her farmhouse high on the Cornish cliffs. But at the train station, ten-year-old Lotti is waiting all alone in her neat red coat. Lotti’s mother died protecting her on the journey. Now Gwenna is all this little girl has. Traumatised Lotti won’t speak a word: and when an order comes for German prisoners-of-war to work the farm she’s in more danger than ever. What will happen if the Germans find out Lotti is Jewish? Gwenna overhears Lotti chattering happily to German captain Max Reiner, showing him her teddy bear, her heart stops. Shocked to hear Lotti finally speak, Gwenna is terrified for the little girl she’s grown to love. But perhaps she can she trust the kindness in this German officer’s gentle voice and blue-grey eyes…


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