A Wartime Welcome at Rookery House

<p><strong>Follow the much-loved characters from the award winning MOTHER'S DAY CLUB in a brand-new World War Two saga series.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>October 1940</strong></p><p><br></p><p>When VAD nurse <strong>Evie</strong> narrowly escapes being killed in an air raid during the London Blitz it propels her to make a life-changing decision to break free of her troubled and unhappy life. She escapes to the Norfolk countryside to start afresh with a job at the newly opened Great Plumstead Hall hospital and a wonderful new home at Rookery House.</p><p><br></p><p>The community of Great Plumstead welcomes more evacuees to the village - mothers and children bombed out of their London homes. Sisters <strong>Prue</strong> and <strong>Thea</strong> along with members of <strong>The Mother's Day Club</strong> help the new arrivals settle in while continuing their work for the war effort by holding knitting bees socials and doing WVS work.</p><p><br></p><p>Evie is happy in her new life - she loves living at Rookery House and enjoys her job at the hospital despite working for the difficult Matron Reed. But when a patient arrives who knew her in her former life Evie's new-found freedom and happiness is in danger. Will the secrets of Evie's past be revealed and the problems from her old life return to trouble her once more?</p><p><br></p><p>Book 1 in the brand new Rookery House series by award winning author Rosie Hendry.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Readers absolutely love Rosie Hendry's books</strong>: </p><p><br></p><p>I enjoy the <strong>fabulous communities</strong> that Rosie creates within her stories they are so <strong>uplifting and inspiring</strong>... Rosie Hendry's gorgeous books are <strong>historical fiction at it's very best</strong>. - <em>Susanne B Net Galley Reviewer </em></p><p><br></p><p>Rosie has the knack of being able to make the Second World War <strong>come alive</strong>. Rosie has clearly done a lot of research into Wartime Britain and this <strong>shines through in the quality of her writing</strong>. - <em>Gingerbookgeek book blog</em></p><p><br></p><p> the writing is wonderful very <strong>descriptive and emotive</strong>. - <em>The Comfy Chair Blog Good Reads </em></p><p><br></p><p>Rosie Hendry's style is effortless to read making for a <strong>heartwarming and feel good reading experience</strong>. - <em>Linda Hill - Good Reads </em></p><p><br></p><p>Such a lovely read that <strong>I read it within one day</strong>! - <em>Literacy Indulgence blog</em> </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Call the Midwife</strong> fans are going to love Rosie Hendry's <strong>delightful dramatic and engrossing</strong> new saga that <strong>sparkles with so much warmth and heart</strong>. -<em> Bookish Jottings blog</em></p>