As Britain is pulled towards war, the secrets within two families threaten to tear them apart . . .
It's July 1935 and, on the Sussex coast, sixteen-year-old Hazel is dreading another dull summer - until Oswald Mosley and his Blackshirts arrive in town. Hazel soon finds herself befriended by Lucia - upper class, glamorous, and passionate about the cause - but ultimately it is Tom, a Londoner with very different ideals, who ignites the excitement that Hazel craves.
Autumn 1936. Hazel is living in London when an encounter with Tom sends her into freefall. He must never know why she cut off all contact last summer. But Hazel isn't the only one with secrets. Nor is she the only one with a reason to keep the two of them apart . . .
'A story of love across borders, idealism and integrity . . . and a mini-series in the making' Independent on Sunday