1942. Adele dreams of a France that is free from the clutches of the new regime. Fleeing a marriage to a ruthless man, she takes refuge in a nunnery – where the sisters are aiding the Resistance, and soon Adèle is too...

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She's done running. Now she fights.

1942. With the war raging in Europe, Adele Ambeh dreams of a France that is free from the clutches of the Nazis. As the date of her marriage to a ruthless man draws closer, she only has one choice: she must run.

Adele flees to Lyon and seeks refuge at the Sisters of Notre Dame de la Compassion. From the outside this is a simple nunnery, but the sisters are secretly aiding the French Resistance, hiding and supplying the fighters with weapons. Adele quickly finds herself part of the efforts to take down the regime.

As each day fills with a different danger and she begins to fall for another man, Adele's entire world could come crashing down around her.

She must fight for her family, her country – and her own destiny.