Thank you to Netgalley and Bold Strokes Books for a copy of this book.

In 1938, London Evelyn dreams of becoming a singer. She flees to Singapore to escape an arranged marriage. There she meets a doctor, Joan. They are quickly drawn to each other and build a life together.

However, everything changes when the Japanese army invade. Joan refuses to leave her patients, but tells Evelyn to flee to Australia. Things don't go according to plan however and she finds herself in a POW camp.

This is a story of survival and love against all the odds.

I loved the setting. It's not a part of the world seen much in WWII historical fiction.

My only critique is that some plots and characters weren't developed further, or simply abandoned all together.