The Land Girl's Secret

by Fenella J. Miller

Can she escape her past and start again?
Essex 1941
Unhappy with life at home with her privileged family, Hannah Austen-Bagshaw runs away to join the Land Girls Army, carrying with her a dark and terrible secret. Life on the farm is tough, but when Hannah meets handsome working-class flight lieutenant, Jack, they form an immediate friendship.
But unbeknownst to Jack, Hannah is sheltering a young German pilot who has crash landed in a nearby field. Torn between her duty and her humanity, Hannah knows she risks being arrested as a traitor, but she cannot see the young pilot suffer. And she knows if Jack finds out her terrible secret, their relationship will unravel.

Genres: Fiction

232 pages, Paperback

Published September 30, 2023

About the author

Fenella Jane Miller was born in the Isle of Man. Her father was a Yorkshire man and her mother the daughter of a Rajah. She has worked as a nanny, cleaner, field worker, hotelier, chef, secondary and primary teacher and is now a full time writer.

She has over twenty five Regency romantic adventures published plus one Jane Austen re-telling and one YA romantic fantasy.

see also Fenella-Jane Miller

Reviews

[Lynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite books are WW2 historical fiction, I started this book and finished in one day, I just wanted to keep reading it.

[Trudy Dowling · Rating 4 out of 5]

There is a lot to love and enjoy while reading The Land Girl's Secret. I enjoyed it for the WW2 historical fiction aspect. I gained a lot of knowledge regarding the time period as I was taken back in time. That being said, the Land Girl's Secret is so much more that a wartime story. It is a story of survival. It is a story of love.

Land girls work the fields in a small village while the men are away at war. They are doing their part for the war effort. For Hannah it is so much more than feeding pigs, milking cows and sloshing in muck. She fled her life after the unthinkable happened and is now hiding in the least likely place to be found. It is through Hannah's experiences that I got to experience the difficulties surrounding war.

The reader gets to experience life in the small village. The pages are colored with different attitudes and character traits. I didn't always understand some of granddad's beliefs about the war. Reading The Land Girl's Secret was enlightening. I can't say I totally get his attitude but I definitely have a better understanding of the animosity.

[Nicola Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve been loving the War Girls of Goodwill House by this author so anything else I see by her, it’s an auto read. She always manages to encompass all the wartime vibes, drama and feel whilst keeping compelling reading.

This one was a fast paced, quick read where we meet Hannah, a clumsy land girl who has a penchant for getting herself into sticky situations! She was an easy character to like and it also made for easy effortless reading as you follow the story round.

There was a twist I wasn’t expecting and I thought I had pegged out for how it would all end, but I was wrong! I also loved Joan’s character and she was a real mother hen which was endearing.

There was plenty of on the edge of your seat moments and I seemed to finish it in no time. Overall I enjoyed the story and always look forward to more books from this author.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

I want to thank Netgalley and the author for gifting me the ebook. I have enjoyed reading these types of series. You actually learn a lot, even though I know the characters are fictional. But these are really enjoyable and we can just learn from all of these types of books.

[Ruth Wilson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Characters were all very surface level and just a bit meh, wouldn't say I understood or felt for any of them. Quick read to waste time at the airport but not a 'couldn't put it down' engrossed kind of book. Not a recommended read.

[Paula · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great read loved this book from start to finish x

[Pat Langhelt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hannah life as a land girl is very different from her previous which she escaped from. Interesting read.

[Jenny Green · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing really happened and quite predictable unfortunately.

[Sonia Biehn · Rating 1 out of 5]

I found the characters to be very surface level and not very much depth. I found the male love interest to be a bit toxic. Quick read. Just not for me personally

[Clare Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely brilliant book I couldn’t put it down! Fenella is one of my favourite authors

[Kathy E · Rating 5 out of 5]

A well written entertaining read that had me held from beginning to end. This was read in Kindle edition.