The Secrecy Clause

A story that you can't put down, stayed up way to late into the early morning to finish it. I love Rosie's character and all the other characters are wonderful as well, even Alice. It's a story of war, romance, unfortunate situations, heartbreak, forgiveness, love and even a bit of sibling rivalry. Young hearts, young love and a lot of growing up in between.

Set in the backdrop of WWII this historical romance has a little bit of everything. Secrets galore, private and at work, a lot of romance and some good old time bonding amongst the women working at Bletchley Park.

These women worked some long and difficult shifts translating enemy messaged from the Italian and putting them together to help the Army better maneuver and protect its men in the Navy. Their work was secret and it was important. The job was demanding as were the supervisors. The results could be a matter of life or death for someone.

This was another great Bletchley Park story and I enjoyed reading it.

Thanks to Molly Green for writing another great story, to Avon Books U.K. for publishing it and to NetGalley for providing me with a copy to read and review

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for an early review copy.

Rosie was left waiting at the alter by Hugo when she was 17, and soon afterwards found out she was expecting a baby.

After a few years, war is happening and she wants to do her bit. She really wants to join the Navy, she’s hoping that she’ll get through, but when it’s discovered that she’s hidden something, about her illegitimate child, Rosie is asked to leave.

But one officer who was in attendance when she was dismissed, thinks Rosie can be helpful through what she can do. and her being asked to leave is unfair, starts a process of giving her another chance by working at Bletchley park.

As Rosie is trying to come to terms with what’s happened, she meets John and his sister, John is in love with her, but, when she reaches Bletchley Park she bumps into Hugo. So will he cause trouble for her? Apart from her parents, no one else knows about the child, will Rosie be able to stop him from finding out?

Throughout the story, there’s secrets and lies that are revealed.

I recommend this book.

Rosie thought her life was complete, but when she is jilted on her wedding day and then has a child it seems her life is over. However Rosie knows there is more to life, than drudging in the local factory and when conscription is about to come in for young unattached women, she knows she needs to do her bit. She choose the Navy.

However, it seems her past is not easily forgotten and then Navy doesn’t choose her. But how did they find out about her past? However she has some language skills useful to some elements of the war and this is how she finds herself at Bletchley Park. Rubbing salt into the wound, she has to share with WRNS but as a civilian and feels desperately isolated.

When her skills are drawn into question, she is moved to another hut where she starts to make friends and the work seems more manageable. But her skills are good and they are noticed. But the person that notices them is someone she was least expecting to see. Could her past catch up with her again and ruin this job?

This is the second in Molly Green’s series, I look forward to there being more. I am as intrigued about Bletchley Park as I have always been and the research into this is clear. The characters are all well rounded and fascinating as much as they are annoying. It deals with the conflicts of not just war, but conflicts in workplaces, families and relationships. The drama is engaging and the plot held my attention that I simply had to fly through the book. Bereft when it ended as I felt I had been on a journey and learnt another little piece of history that happened at the park.

A must for all fans of sagas and historical fiction, especially the other parts of World Ward Two that are sometimes glossed over.

Such an enjoyable, informative book. I dived into as soon as I got it, as I’d enjoyed book one so much (Wartime at Bletchley).
Well I wasn’t disappointed, the girls and boys were doing a sterling job working through all the data relevant to the war effort. They were definitely the unsung heroes by my thinking.
On the fictional side we follow the life of Rosemary Frost as she prepares to marry her beau Hugo Garfield. Do things go as planned?
Rosemary’s sister Heather is very envious of her and is apt to make trouble along the way. Thankfully Auntie Dot come to the rescue on more than one occasion. An unlikely helper is Barbara Cartland, I was fascinated by this information.
The only down side! Now I have to wait for the next book. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A fantastic read from Molly Green. Was the second instalment in the Bletchley Park series sand was lovely to again run briefly into some of the characters of the first book.
Rosie and Hugo had a few obstacles to overcome before their very own wedding in Bletchley Park, but it was well written and heart warming.
Looking forward to more from this author
Highly recommended read

An emotional tale about a young woman who was jilted at the altar, bore her child and found a new life supporting the war effort by working at Bletchley. Rosie struggled mightily with her parents. with other people's views of her. and so on but she turns out to be aces at what she does. And she meets John. a good guy= and then .....well, no spoilers. There's a certain amount of melodrama but I found myself committed to her. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. Fine as a standalone and now I'm waiting for the next one.

A woman is struggling after being jilted at the altar, and meets people who help her get a job at Bletchley Park, doing different jobs there. She develops feelings for one of her helpers, a very nice man. But she carries a secret.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for "A Winter Wedding at Bletchley Park" by Molly Green.

Rosie's life changed completely when she was stood up on her wedding day at 17. Now that the war has come again she wants to do her part but mistakes from 6 years ago could make all that impossible.

I've been lucky enough to read both of The Bletchley Park Girls books that have come out so far and while they are not high brow literature they are a fun and entertaining read. They always have a plucky woman who's love has disappeared (or in this case stood her up) and some sort of misunderstanding that gets sorted out in the end. This predictable experience in no way takes away from my enjoyment of these stories.

I love the getting used to being at Bletchley and the information about what happened in Bletchley Park that we are learning because each book so far holds someone working in a different position. The rest of it makes for a feel good quick read that makes for a good palette cleanser after a book that may have been more difficult.

Fun, light reading, 3 stars.

Molly Green has done it again!
A Winter Wedding at Bletchley Park continues on the engaging and fascinating path established by the first book in the series. Green has thoroughly researched the subject matter, this time focusing on the role of the Italian navy's actions and the efforts of the staff at Bletchley Park to thwart the enemies efforts.
The main character of Rosie, whose dreams were shattered at a young age when her wedding was cancelled through no fault of her own and whose daughter was taken by her parents to raise, is well-rounded and relatable as she struggles to serve her country despite active and spiteful opposition from members of her own family. The challenges of unwed mothers, and of women in general, of the time and during WWII are portrayed with a depth of understanding that makes the reader care about Rosie throughout the novel. The other characters are likewise intriguing, as is the job that Rosie finds herself performing at the ultra secret location.
This is a book that draws you in and refuses to let you go. It is in turns heart-warming and heart-wrenching, and I admit to staying up far past my bedtime to finish it.
It seems that once again the book will have a title change, and this time I support the title Winter at Bletchley Park wholeheartedly. Mentioning the wedding in the title is a big spoiler, leaving only the matter of which suiter she will marry in question.
Thank you once again to #NetGalley and #AvonBooksUK for the advance copy of the wonderful #AWinterWeddingatBletchleyPark. #WinteratBletchleyPark

This book's best parts are the descriptions and history of Bletchley that have been well-researched and written by the author. I enjoyed being in the world of the characters. I had not read anything by Molly Green before and she clearly has talent.

That said, unless this was supposed to be a tragedy of errors (not comedic), I felt very frustrated by this book. The main character and her family just did some really stupid (or downright mean, for people who are supposed to care about each other) things which made the book draw out the suspense for WAYYYY too long. I felt like it should have been over in 1/3 the time it was. I appreciate what the author tried to do with the plot, but it just dragged on unnecessarily and made me want to slap the characters for being so idiotic.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book.

After reading the first Bletchley Park book by Molly Green, I was eager to read the second in the series to see how it compared. You don't need to have read the first, this can be read as a standalone perfectly well although the main character from the first does make an occasional appearance.

I actually loved the storyline of this book more and loved the character of Rosie who, jilted at the altar at 17 has then lived with the consequences ever since. You really feel for Rosie as she suffers through various situations until finally reaching Bletchley Park. Here she bumps into the man who jilted her all those years ago, Hugo.

Once again, the historical elements of the story were spot on and it was fascinating to discover that a real-life couple did work separately and unknowingly at Bletchley Park until they bumped into each other in a corridor!

**Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and author for the opportunity to read an advanced e-copy of this book. All opinions are my own **

WWII without as much of the trauma of the war.
Yes there was bombings and we knew what was happening but the focus was more on the characters of the book. I really liked the relationship between Hugo and Rosie. Also the interaction between the sisters was good. I believe I enjoyed this book better than the first one of the series.

Oh no, you might say, not another romantic novel based around the Bletchley Park story. It is true that the Bletchley Park context has been mined to an excessive degree by novelists looking for a ready made setting for romance, intrigue and espionage. However, Molly Green manages to avoid falling into the cliché trap and, instead, gives readers another pleasing wartime story diversion in ‘A winter wedding at Bletchley Park’. It’s unlikely to win a prize in competition with literary heavyweights, but it does take the reader back eighty years to those dark days in Britain’s history and offers a story with believable characters set in a narrative that is always fluent. Recommended.

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Absolutely loved this book, This is a follow up to Summer secrets at Bletchley park but you don't really have to have read that book to enjoy this one as Dulcie only feature a few times and the book is quite independent, just set in the same place.

The book is about Rosie, who at 17 got jilted on her wedding day by the handsome Hugo. Afterwards she finds out she is pregnant.

Fast forward 5 years and war has broken out, and Rosie wants to do something for the war effort, she really wants to join the Navy but is dismissed when they find out she has an illegitimate child. One of the officers in her dismissal, thinks it's a waste of her talent and sets the ball in motion to get her another chance by becoming a civilian working at Bletchley park.

She meets a lovely man along the way called John and his sister. John falls in love with her, but will Hugo return to make her life difficult, even though no-one but her mam and dad knows about the child, can she stop Hugo finding out about her.

There are lots of secrets and lies, love and romance in this book and I absolutely loved it.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes historical romance

Follow Rose from being jilted at her wedding to a job in Bletchley Park. As she learns her job and grows in knowledge she meets up with Joe, can they find love?

As usual in my reviews, I will not rehash the plot (there are reviews like that out there if that's what you are looking for!).

I requested this book as I've been fascinated by Bletchley Park for years, and was lucky enough to visit there a while ago. This is apparently the second novel in a series, but I hadn't read the first novel and this one worked just fine as a standalone as there is plenty of background information about the characters.

The plot is interesting and believable, with a well-written cast of main and supporting characters. The author has obviously done plenty of research about Bletchley and the work carried out there, which adds to the authenticity of the tale.

This is an enjoyable light read, but with more substance to it than I expected, which is a bonus!

I'm now going to catch up on the previous novel, and look forward to reading the next in the series.

My thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for an ARC. All opinions my own.

The second book takes place at Bletchley Park, but you can read it as a standalone.

I actually liked this book better than the first book. There is a lot of focus on the work the men and women did at the Park which is really interesting. Rosier was an interesting character and I liked how she stood up for herself and what she wanted. The story itself was rounded up well and I enjoyed the flow of the book.

Another brilliant book from Molly Green a writer who draws you in from the start and doesn't let go untill the end the story and characters make this book.5*

I have read all this author’s books, and this one has to be the best yet.

Set in the eponymous Bletchley Park, it deals of course with those famous heroes who relentlessly battled to break the codes of thousands of messages sent during World War II.
The characters were very well drawn, and it was a nice change to read a script that was set entirely “behind-the-scenes“ and didn’t deal with the battles at all.
We all should remember that there were more people fighting for us than the soldiers during this war! I look forward very much to reading the third instalment in the series.

Okay, I’m officially requesting that this series becomes 10+ strong series of books, because I could honestly read them forever. I loved Summer Secrets at Bletchley Park and now a Winter at Bletchley has just made a fantastic addition to what has been a fantastic series so far.

I love that the author has seriously done her research on this and what life was like working for BP. It really shed some light on the code breaking and the different jobs, departments and ‘huts’ and everything that went on. It’s really sparked an interest in me into these kind of books and now I just want to read and learn more! I seriously loved it. Can we get more books on the different types of jobs and work the girls did at Bletchley? My appetite has been well and truly wetted.

This one follows Rose, or Rosemary and her path to Bletchley. Which has not been smooth I can tell you that! There was so much to her character and I adored her and her story. I was honestly on the edge of my seat (stress anxiety eating biscuits as I read the story unfold, wanting desperately for everything to have a happy ending for her!).

I read the first book right before this one but it honestly wasn’t needed. If you haven’t read the first one, worry not! This one works as a standalone in its own right and you could even read this one and then the first (I certainly recommend reading them both, they’re great!) but you needn’t have read the first to enjoy this one to the full.

Great story. Great characters. Wonderfully written and oozing wartime spirit. Couldn’t ask for more!