** Publication Day Push ** The Secrets of Latimer House- Jules Wake

I’m delighted to be part of the publication day push for ‘The Secrets of Latimer House’.

Synopsis-

In the war against Hitler every secret counts…

Society heiress Evelyn Brooke-Edwards is a skilled interrogator – her beauty making her a non-threat in the eyes of the prisoners.

Farm girl Betty Connors may not be able to type as she claimed, but her crack analytical skills soon find her unearthing covert connections.

German ex-pat Judith Stern never expected to find herself listening in to German POW’s whispered conversations, but the Nazis took her father from her so she will do whatever it takes to help the Allies end this war.

Billeted together in the attic of Latimer House – a place where secrets abound – Evelyn, Betty and Judith soon form a bond of friendship that carries them through the war. Because nothing is stronger than women united.

Tucked away in the Buckinghamshire countryside, Latimer House, a grand country estate, stands proudly – a witness to some of greatest secrets of WW2.

Author Bio –

Jules Wake announced at the age of ten that she planned to be a writer. Along the way she was diverted by the glamorous world of PR and worked on many luxury and not so luxury brands. This proved fabulous training for writing novels as it provided her with the opportunity to hone her creative writing skills.

She writes best-selling warm-hearted romantic contemporary fiction for One More Chapter as Jules Wake and was shortlisted for Romantic Novel of the Year 2020 with The Spark.

Under her pen name Julie Caplin, she also writes the warm and witty Romantic Escapes series. 

Between them, the two Js have written eighteen novels, The Secret of Latimer House being the latest.

Social Media Links – @Juleswake Twitter

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Review-

A fascinating, historical tale of three women from very different backgrounds who come together in order to help the war effort during World War Two.

A unique set of circumstances brings each of them to Latimer House, where they are billeted as a result of the specific skills they possess, although to the public eye, the house is nothing more than a distribution centre.

Whilst ostensibly a novel about the war, the underpinning stories of the women’s lives and how they each overcome their own demons, cementing the strongest of friendships in the process, is at the heart of the narrative and is utterly compelling. Betty, Judith and Evelyn are so very different and yet, the bond brought about by their remarkable situation is both heart-warming and inspiring.

To discover in the epilogue that Latimer House actually existed lends even further intrigue despite the story itself being fictional.

Highly recommended!

With thanks to the author, One More Chapter and Rachel (@rararesources) at Rachel’s Random Resources for the opportunity to participate in today’s publication day push.