This Royal Breed

Rochelle Dubois is the neglected and often lonely child of farm workers on the island of jersey. When her parents are killed in a car crash, she is adopted by their employer, Charles Laurient, and life for the young girl becomes idyllic.

Together, she and Charles work to rear the legendary orchid, Pure Madonna, until war breaks out and the Channel Islands are occupied by Nazis. In the struggle for survival which follows, Rochelle is left to do her best for herself and her precious seedlings. But unbeknown to her, a certain American airman is on his way to Jersey to change her life, and her reason for living.