The Convent at Blue Lantern: A WWII Historical Novel of Occupied Brittany, Hidden Children, and a Desperate Escape by Sea (The Silent Harbor Network)

Brittany, 1943. The Germans are building a wall along the coast. Sister Camille is hiding children behind one. When a coded message reaches the Convent of Sainte-Anne-des-Marées, Sister Camille knows the five Jewish children hidden beneath its chapel are running out of time. Their forged papers are expiring. A German officer has been counting beds. And the soldiers soon to be billeted in the east wing will find what two inspections have not. The only way out is down: a tidal path through the rocks to a cove that exists for three hours each day, where a fishing boat waits in the dark. But someone inside the Resistance network is feeding information to the enemy. Three rescue operations have already been betrayed. And when a Red Cross nurse from England arrives to help prepare the children for the crossing, she brings intelligence that turns every ally into a suspect. With the tide falling and a meticulous German captain closing in, Camille must lead five children down a cliff she can barely see, carrying the youngest on her back and a promise she has no idea if she can keep. The Convent at Blue Lantern is Book Two in The Silent Harbor Network, a series of WWII historical fiction about the hidden rescue networks and quietly courageous women who carried hope through occupied Europe. Perfect for readers of WWII historical fiction, hidden-children rescue stories, and novels about ordinary women who became extraordinary under occupation.