Ellie Dean

As the Allied troops draw closer to victory, life at Beach View Boarding House is still full of uncertainty....

February 1941....

June 1940. Despite losing her mother at a young age and her father away on important war work, 17-year-old Rita Smith has plenty of people to turn to in the close-knit community of Cliffhaven....

As the Japanese begin their assault on Singapore, Sarah Fuller is forced to leave her parents and fiancé, Philip, behind....

The compelling new Second World War novel from the author of Always in My Heart....

The compelling new Second World War novel from Sunday Times top-ten best-selling author of Some Lucky Day. It is 1942 and England is at war....

The gripping new Second World War novel from Sunday Times top-ten best-selling author of All My Tomorrows....

Doreen is divorced from Eddie, but his letters have taken on a more threatening tone of late....

The tension is rising for Peggy Reilly and the inhabitants of Cliffehaven as the planes continue to roar above the town, and there is still no news of the long-awaited Allied invasion into France....

When sixteen-year-old Sally is evacuated to the English south coast, she is terrified by what lies ahead of her....

Peace has finally been declared in the Far East, but for those living at Beach View Boarding House, the news brings mixed emotions. Peggy Reilly is devastated that her husband, Jim, will not be coming home for Christmas....

The war in Europe is over, but for Peggy Reilly and the residents of Beach View Boarding House the effects of the conflict are still far-reaching....

Random House presents the audiobook edition of As the Sun Breaks Through by Ellie Dean, read by Penelope Freeman. The 15th Cliffehaven novel by Sunday Times best-selling author Ellie Dean....

As the war continues to keep her family far away, Peggy Reilly must continue to look after her girls at the Beach View Boarding House and maintain hope that this dreadful war will soon be over....

The heartwarming brand-new Second World War novel in the Beach View Boarding House series from Ellie Dean, the Sunday Times Top Ten best-selling author of Sweet Memories of You....

Nineteen-year-old April Wilton has just enlisted in the WRENs in Portsmouth, where she works servicing engines on ships....

It is 1940 and Staff Nurse Polly Brown has been granted a posting at Cliffehaven Memorial Hospital to be near her badly injured husband, Adam....

The year of 1947 is almost upon them, and the community of Cliffehaven is still reeling from the tragic loss of Gracie, who left behind two young orphans.