Set during the Second World War, the story concerns a group of young women who work in the theatre. It covers the privations of war, and particularly of trying to continue to work in London at that time with regular air raids and bombing. The heroine, Jessie, is incredibly naive - she has a fiance in the RAF (who seems able to down tools to visit her at every opportunity) but has little street sense and is taken advantage of, or almost so, by a variety of people in the world of theatre. She shares a dressing room with worldly-wise Adele, who is torn between protecting her and exploiting her ignorance.

This is clearly a series, and there is a lot of reference back to what has gone before, which I found confusing. It was also quite difficult to sort out the various characters as none were really well-drawn and felt a little one-dimensional.

Overall the history felt sound and the story bowled along well. Its an interesting, light read. Thank you to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for allowing me access to the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Firstly thank you Netgalley for this Arc

Another brilliant family saga love catching up with the girls again

Can’t wait to read more by this author

This book will have you on the edge of your seat at times. Joining the girls again during the blitz, when Jessie has just moved to London to try her luck at the Adelphi Theatre. Jessie has been warned by mum Grace about people who will try to take advantage of her. The only problem with that is, who do you actually trust? Is Grace doing her a favour by letting her make her own mistakes! There are actually some surprises along the way!
Ruby is struggling with everyday life, her niece Imogen I’d a great help to her.
I really enjoyed the mix of characters, even the wolf in sheep’s clothing. And the ones who were the exact opposite.
The moral of the story is that there is always someone worse off than yourself .
I do hope there will be another in the series.

Another brilliant read in this war-time series. This was a more up-lifting read then the usual although war is still in the background. I enjoying this although and look forward to the next one. My thanks to netgalley and the publishers for giving me the opportunity to read this book in return for an honest review.