Poppy is young, beautiful and clever – and working as a parlourmaid in the de
Vere family’s country house. Society, it seems, has already carved out her
destiny.
But Poppy’s life is about to be thrown dramatically off course. The first
reason is love – with someone forbidden, who could never, ever marry a girl
like her. The second reason is war.
As the lists of the dead and wounded grow longer, Poppy must do whatever she
can to help the injured soldiers, knowing all the while that her own soldier
may never return home . . .”