Wartime Arrivals at Harbour House is the story of one family relocating to the English countryside during WWII to escape bombing in London.

Wartime Arrivals at Harbour House by Fenella J. Miller

Genre/Categories/Setting: Historical Fiction (WII Homefront), Family Life, Small Town, Rural England

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My Summary of Wartime Arrivals at Harbour House:

Thanks #NetGalley @BoldwoodBooks for a complimentary e ARC of #NewArrivalsAtHarbourHouse upon my request. All opinions are my own.

In July of 1939, Jonathan and Elizabeth and their two children relocate to the English countryside to escape a potential London bombing. They will be trading out their comfortable and privileged life for the safety of the unknown. Jonathan will start a new job as part of the Admiralty at the shipyards. Elizabeth is the most apprehensive of all. How will their lives change?

My Thoughts:

Women’s Fiction/Histic Series

Wartime Arrivals at Harbour House is the first installment in a new series by popular author, Fenella Miller. Although I have only read two installments of the Good Will House series, I assume this will be similar: solid research, engaging plot, thoughtful themes, closed-door romance, and no profanity.

Family Life and Privilege

We are introduced to Elizabeth, Jonathan, and their two children as Elizabeth struggles to accept her husband’s arbitrary decision to relocate to the country. Theirs is a family of privilege and WWII will require some difficult adjustments. I had difficulty warming up to Elizabeth. She’s spoiled, whiney, and petulant. Her long-suffering, patient, and kind husband is sympathetic but firm. They must move. Well…he took a new position…so now, in addition to wartime worries, they actually have no choice. I admire Jonathan. He’s a strong leader, decisive, forward-thinking and supportive. He goes above and beyond what we would expect a man to do in this era to assist his wife and humor her moods. He’s modern in many ways.

Series Intro

As book one in a series, it’s not heavy on plot. It’s a solid introduction to the characters, their relocation, and their change in status. Toward the story’s end, we gain glimpses into how this move might affect Elizabeth’s character and behaviors. A change for the better, I hope!

Recommending Wartime Arrivals at Harbour House

Fans of the author will be enthusiastic about this new series. You will appreciate this warm-hearted story if you love stories of life on the English home front during WWII.

Related: You might also like the author’s Goodwill House series.

My Rating: 4 Stars

Meet the Author of Wartime Arrivals at Harbour House, Fenella J. Miller

Fenella J 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 sixty Regency romantic adventures published plus four Jane Austen variations, four Victorian sagas and twenty-seven WW2 family sagas. Fenella J Miller now writes for Boldwood. She is a widow and lives in a small village in Essex with her British Shorthair cat.

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