Bookouture Blog Tour for A Wartime Promise for the East End Girls by Jean Fullerton

I’m here today to dish about the latest in the East End Girls series, a WWII historical fiction saga. I did not discover Books 1 or 2 so I’m so happy to have found Book 3. You do NOT need to read these novels in order to enjoy the story! So – you know I love my WWII stories and I love books where ordinary people are doing extraordinary things, especially in the face of hardship. I really enjoyed this book because it was not about a famous person or a top spy or a military hero; these were ordinary young women making a difference in the war by using their strength, smarts, and grit. And those East Enders are a scrappy lot! There’s some romance in here but it doesn’t take over the narrative in my opinion. In all, a solid read that makes me want to go back and find books one and two!

Thank you for my copy and for having me as part of the tour!

Here’s the scoop:

East London, 1943: As air raid sirens wail, can the East End Girls join forces to protect their city and the people they love?

Nell Reilly’s blonde curls and piercing blue eyes might look angelic, but she is ready to fight with everything she has for a better future. Brought up in London’s tough East End, she is fiercely determined to keep the promise she made to her little sister Jo to build a new life for them one day. Until a chance meeting changes everything…

Absorbed in her work with the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, the last thing Nell is looking for is love, but tall, broad-shouldered Tom Hunter stops her in her tracks. Tom is her wayward brother Frank’s new right-hand man in his black-market operations, and Nell knows from bitter experience the risks of falling for a man like that. But when she witnesses his unexpected kindness and sees how he cares for Jo, she realises that Tom has made an impression she can’t forget, no matter how hard she tries…

But Tom has a secret, one he’s finding harder and harder to keep. And when Nell finally discovers that he is an undercover police officer, she also learns something that makes her heart stop: his cover is blown and he’s in terrible danger.

As London prepares for another night of air raids, Nell races through the blackout to find Tom and warn him. Can she reach him in time to save his life? And as bombs crash down over the East End, will their love survive to fight another day?

Fans of Katie Flynn, Rosie Goodwin and Lizzie Lane will adore this page-turning, heart-warming and emotional World War Two saga about love, friendship and finding hope in the darkest of places.

About the Author: Jean Fullerton

Born and bred in East London, Jean was a District Nurse by trade working throughout East London. Since 2008, she has been publishing bestselling saga fiction, including the popular World War Two Ration Book series, which, like all her books, is set in East London. Jean has also written her autobiography A Child of the East End , about growing up in post-war Stepney and Wapping.