This book is the follow on to ‘A girl with no name’ and I suggest you read book 1 first as it will help to get an understanding for the characters and other references in the book .

Just like the first book I found this a very easy but wonderful read that kept me engrossed up to the very last page .

I found the cover of this book misleading to what the story was actually about. I enjoyed reading about Charlotte and her kids, and not so much about "poor" Daphne, who was only out to look after herself. I thought these two ladies would become friends over time, going by the cover, but it never eventuated.
The story had a great twist towards the end, and it was beautifully written.

The Married Girls is the sequel to The Girl With No Name. Filled with drama, secrets and unexpected twists and turns. Charlotte and Daphne are both very different from each other but they both have something in common.a past which they would like to forget.

With Harry's return to town, Charlotte is drawn to him. With old history and a caring nature, Charlotte can't help but what to make sure Harry is living contentedly, but her caring concern comes at a price. Felix knew that Daphne had a past, one that could ruin the unspoiled life they have built together, so it was easier and simpler to just forget about it. It doesn't take long before the secrets come to the surface and put the wheels in motion of the events which could make or break their world.

The narrative flows smoothly. The level of period detail is immense, the prose crisp and very clear and the characterisation is well formed. Events during this book leave things very open for a third chapter in the lives of these captivating characters.

I loved the previous book “The Girl with No Name”, where we first met Lisa, and followed her story as she is evacuated from Nazi Germany and arrives in England.

In this book we are back with Lisa, now known as Charlotte, and married to Billy and living in Wynsdown.

She appears to have an idyllic life, living in the countryside with her husband and two children. Wynsdown is like many other small country villages, a lovely place to live, with many interesting people, and of course, the inevitable village gossip.

Felix, the squire's son, has a new fiancé, Daphne. She is from London, and there is more to her than meets the eye. I found their story facinating, with many twists and turns. Felix is a very likeable and gentlemanly character.

The depiction of village life is so readable. It's both fascinating and heart-warming. But there is a darker side to the story. Harry Black is back on the scene, and still involved in the dark underbelly of the seedy criminal world. He wants to find his old friend, Lisa, and it makes for good tension in the novel, as we wonder if he will find her, and if so, what will happen.

This is a wonderful,evocative novel, full of very interesting characters, with many twists and turns. It's so much more than just a pleasant tale about village life, though it is definitely a book that will make the reader feel good. It's such a good depiction of a different era and the reader will be transported back to another time, when the world was so different to today.

Its a book that I was sorry to finish. I had got so caught up in the lives of the characters that I didn't want to be finished with them. I really hope that there's another sequel, as I feel there's so much more to this story and I'd love to know what happens next.

I'll certainly be reading more books by this author.

4.5* from me. A well written and gripping sequel to The Girl With No Name. If you haven't read the first book then you will miss out on a lot of background information but I do think that you would still enjoy it. Set post-war in 1949. it really is a cracking read. Felt a little rushed at the end - is the author keeping us guessing for a further sequel?
One to recommend. My thanks to the publisher & NetGalley for the advance reader copy.

This is book 2

I suggest you read book 1 as it definitely is not a standalone and you will miss out on vital things appertaining to this one.

The Girl With No Name is book 1

Set yourself back to 1949 and how life was then, get in the mood and the rightful setting to enjoy and devour these pages.
Charlotte once lived in a quaint Somerset Village, but due to circumstances she was transported to her adoptive home in Germany.
We learnt from book 1 how there was a secret that she was hiding, even from her husband.

In this book a person from her past appears on the scene Felix who has the potential to blow Charlottes nice life right out from under her feet. Then there is Harry too who knows.

This has been a well crafted story that I've loved to follow.

My thanks to Head of Zeus via Net Galley for my copy

This book continues the story of Charlotte who was once known as Lisa when she was first sent to England as a German refugee. When the last book ended she was getting married and this story picks up with her as a young mother still living in the small village of Wynsdown. Very briefly the novel touches on the characters in the village that we are familiar with but in far more detail we are introduced to the squire's son Felix and his new wife Daphne. Unfortunately Daphne is a character that I could have done without. I wish the author had focused more on the interesting characters in the village, like Avril and her sister Caroline, but we never get to find out anymore about them. I really wish that Harry Black had not been brought back. I think his abrupt departure in the last book for Australia was enough for his character. If we needed to read about characters outside of the village I wish it could have been about Charlotte's foster family Dan and Naomi. After spending so much time on them during so much of the last book they are barely mentioned again.

It becomes very clear where the novel is going and if you want Charlotte to avoid further tragedy do not begin this novel, although I will say she does pick up the pieces in typical Charlotte fashion. Also if you are the kind of person who hates a novel ending with a cliffhanger then this one might not be for you. I'm not sure if the author intends a third novel with these characters or not but the novel ends very abruptly without the future being very clear for its most important characters. I wondered how the author could write a follow up to a novel that centered so much on war and its consequences and unfortunately I found this novel to be lacking a lot of what made the last novel so interesting. Charlotte was never very evolved as a character, but that was explained by the circumstances of her life, however without that background this novel needed to develop its characters in a way it never did. I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Thanks Netgalley great but felt I should have read the book before which I will and then will come back and complete my review

Another excellent book from this author, keep on writing!

Brilliant book. Excellent main characters and plot. I would recommend this book.