A Winter Wedding at Bletchley Park (The Bletchley Park Girls #2) by Molly Green
Genre: Historical fiction, Wartime fiction, WW2, Sagas, Romance
Read: 29th January 2023
Published: 24th November 2022
★★★★ 4 stars
DESCRIPTION:
The second inspiring novel in the heartwarming and hopeful Bletchley Park Girls series from historical fiction queen, Molly Green...
When Rosie Frost was jilted on her wedding day, she didn't think life could get any worse. But six years later in the throes of the Second World War, she is unceremoniously dismissed from her job after they discover her illegitimate child.
Thankfully, top secret war office Bletchley Park recognises Rosie's talent and recruits her to decipher their Italian naval signals. Proud to be doing her bit for the war effort, Rosie settles into her new life.
But when she spots a familiar face at the Park, Rosie's world threatens to come crashing down once more. Can she put the past behind her in order to excel at the job she was born to do? And will her hard work help safeguard her nation's future...?
The second in an inspiring wartime series set at Bletchley Park, perfect for fans of The Rose Code and The Girl from Bletchley Park.
MY THOUGHTS:
As with her previous series The Victory Sisters, this series is focusing on a different character with each book. The first followed Dale's story and this time round is her friend Rosie.
Stood up on her wedding day when she was 17, Rosemary Frost (Rosie) longs to join the WRENS however fate would have it, after a friend of hers has word in the right ears, that her war efforts would see her working alongside Dale at Bletchley Park. It seems Rosie is fluent in Italian and is a dab hand at maths - both of which work in her favour with her newfound position.
As luck would have it, just as she is getting used to her new normal and getting comfortable, the new Lieutenant Commander is introduced - Hugo Garfield, aface from Rosie's past. Fighting her feelings for this man she thought she would never see again, Rosie sets to focusing on the job at hand but her skills are questioned and so she tries to move past that by moving to another hut and making new friends.
But the past has a way of catching up with you...Can Rosie put it behind her without it ruining her job?
A WINTER WEDDING AT BLETCHLEY PARK is naturally predictable but an enjoyable read all the same. I love Molly Green's easy reading style, making the story come alive and immersing the reader into another time and place. She brings fact into fiction without bogging us down with history. I love the steady pace and the heartwarming story that kept me reading until the very last page.
Overall, an enjoyable heartwarming read and I look forward to the next in the series.
I would like to thank #MollyGreen, #Netgalley and #AvonBooksUK for an ARC of #AWinterWeddingAtBletchleyPark in exchange for an honest review.
MEET THE AUTHOR:
Denise has travelled the world, unpacking her suitcase in a score of countries and working at more jobs than she cares to remember. Mentionable events include selling lipstick in a Denver department store to top English model of the day, Jean Shrimpton; typing on a French keyboard for the UN Narcotics Director in Geneva; chauffeuring a lonely Swiss multi-millionaire lawyer in Zurich; being the first fashion model in Atlanta to dance to pop music; working as a PA to a film producer and delivering a film script to Richard Harris in Rome and not recognising him (he was not amused); and cooking in a vegetarian sanatorium in Bavaria, which gave rise to her first hilarious memoir.
Back home in England, Denise reluctantly trained as an estate agent - and loved it! Juggling the running of her chain of eight offices in Kent with taking an Honours Degree with Open University, Denise had difficulty finding the time to pursue her life-long passion for writing.
To give herself the freedom to write she sold her business after 17 years, but unfortunately to the wrong buyers, namely a couple of tricksters, which resulted in a second, more serious, memoir. Buying back the business and after six years selling it once again, she is now able to resume her love of fiction writing, under the pen-names of Fenella Forster and Molly Green.
Having completed two books under her own name, Denise wanted to use a pen name for her historical fiction. She chose Fenella as she felt it was a more romantic name, and Forster after her true, but unknown, maternal grandfather. When signing with Avon Books, Denise chose the pen name of Molly Green where she has now written at least half a dozen books under the pseudonym, proving to be very successful with two of them reaching #1 on the Amazon Kindle chart.
Denise now lives in Tunbridge Wells in Kent with her husband Edward.
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