When Stella hears that a close friend is seriously ill in France, shedoesn't hesitate to go and visit, despite rumours of Hitler's impendinginvasion. Events overtake her and she finds herself stranded in OccupiedFrance, doubly at risk as an English national and as a supporter of theResistance. The story of a British girl stranded in Nazi-occupied France,who forms a friendship with another Frenchwoman, both of whom endeavour tosave the lives of the men they love, but only one will succeed.