Thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources and Jean Fullerton for the gifted book for my unbiased review of The Stepney Girl’s Secret.
A brand new heart-warming and atmospheric saga fiction series from Jean Fullerton, charting the loves, hopes and heartaches of three women who move into a rectory in Stepney, East London during WW2.
East London, 1940. At the outbreak of war, hopeless romantic Prue Carmichael and her sister must leave their rural parish behind when their father is posted to a church in Stepney. To Prue, the blitz-ravaged streets of London seem an unlikely place for love to bloom – until a chance encounter throws rakish engineer Jack Quinn into her path. But as their connection deepens, his troubled past begins to emerge, and Prue realises Jack has secrets to hide . . .
Luckily, in between starting work at a railway yard and helping her mother house Jewish refugees in the parish, Prue manages to keep her mind off love and on the wartime effort. However, Jack isn’t the only man who’s fallen for Prue – and when he is recruited into Churchill’s secret underground army, an unexpected suitor offers a fresh distraction.
As air raid sirens sound and the Battle of Britain rages overhead, Prue Carmichael must face some of the greatest horrors of her young life. Meanwhile, she is waging her own battle – the fight between her heart and her head . . .
Amidst the ruins of war, will Prue and Jack’s love find a way to flourish?
A new series from Jean Fullerton and one which I hope is as good as the Ration Book series. The Stepney Girl’s Secret is the first book of the series and one I knew I would enjoy.
We meet Prue Carmichael, a vicar’s daughter who has just moved with her family to London. It’s 1940 and the beginning of the Blitz. Prue throws herself into helping the war effort. She gets a job working in the shunting yard on the trains. She meets Jack Quinn, a railway engineer, and falls for him almost straight away. Her mother has other plans for Prue, and they don’t include Jack Quinn.
This is another compelling historical saga that I loved more than I thought I would. Jean Fullerton has expertly woven fact and fiction together to make it a tale where I couldn’t tell where the fact ended and fiction began. I liked Prue and really enjoyed feeling like I was with her as she traverses life and love during the war. She is one strong female, and she has to be. Her family have their own ideas, and she has to fight them all the way.
I can guarantee that anyone who reads this will be as absorbed as I was. I do hope to be able to find out how Prue fares in the future. In fact, I’m proper looking forward to it!
Purchase Links
UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0BLRB2481/
US https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BLRB2481/
Author Bio
Born and bred in East London Jean was a District Nurse by trade and ended her thirty-year career in health care as a senior lecture in Health and Nursing Studies in London Southbank University.
She had published twenty sagas all set in East London with both Orion and Atlantic the most recent of which is the highly successful Ration Book series. She has also recently released her autobiography A Child of the East End.
Social Media Links –
Website: http://jeanfullerton.com/
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Thank you for sharing your review on The Stepney Girl’s Secret. I am always a fan of historical fiction, especially during a time period as influential as WW2. I am intrigued by Prue’s character and her journey, and how Fullerton weaves together historical fact with her storytelling. Do you have a favourite character or part of the book that stands out to you?
Jessi
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I loved Prue and her strength!
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I enjoyed the book too and thought Prue was great!
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