My Thoughts on On My Honor by Patty Smith Hall

 

About the Book

Book: On My Honor

Author:Patty Smith Hall

Genre: Christian / Historical Fiction / Romance / Intrigue

Release date: January, 2023

Ginny Mathis was finished with nursing school and had no intention of staying rooted in the Outer Banks—then war broke out. With her father away, she feels duty-bound to stay and help her mother and younger sister. While working as a clerk for the Oregon Inlet ferry, naval officers ask Ginny and others to be watchful for German U-boats reportedly spotted in the area. So to help occupy her teenage sister, Ginny enlists the Girl Scout troop she leads to help watch for suspicious activity along the coast.

Timothy Elliott is no stranger to death. As a British reporter working with the M-6, he’s numb to the losses of war after two years of fighting the Germans. Maybe that’s why he volunteered for this mission—to connect with an ex-German naval officer who stole the Furor’s battle plan for the Atlantic war. When the boat giving him passage to New York is bombed near the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Tim is thrown from the boat and wakes up in the care of a group of young girls.

Ginny follows her sneaky sister on a clandestine mission and discovers the shipwreck victim. Ginny knows she must take charge, but is this man the enemy, or does he hold secrets that could turn the tide of the Battle of the Atlantic in the allies’ favor?

 

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My Thoughts:

Well, I learned some new things again and this book took me down a different adventure. During World War 2, it seemed that since the war was 'over there', that America was for the most part safe. Obliviously that was not true, and Pearl Harbor is the example of that. What author Hall has done is give us a glimpse into how close the war may have gotten to the USA's shores and lets us know a surprising little nugget of truth. That the Girl Scouts played a role in helping the war effort on the Allies side.

This story begins with Tim, a British reporter turned spy, trying to get to New York with an ex-German naval officer with secret plans from Germany. However, they don't quite make it as their boat is bombed near the Outer Banks of North Carolina. This washes up on shore and Ginny Mathis, a nurse in training and her Girl Scouts begin a mission to help clean up birds and other debris. What Ginny's sister, Belle, finds is not a bird in need of help but a man, Tim.

There are many secrets in this story, some of it is due to the ongoing war and people had to be careful who they trusted and did not trust. Spies were abundant on both sides, and you just never knew. Also, there is the clandestine missions that Tim and Ginny were involved in that needs to be hush hush. And finally, there are some family secrets going on in Ginny's family that are being kept from her, not to mention the drama between the two sisters.

This was a very interesting read about some facts that I did not know about, and I enjoyed learning about them and how especially useful the Girls Scouts were in the effort to help win World War 2.

I was provided a copy of this novel from the publisher. I was not required to post a positive review and all views and opinions are my own.

About the Author

Multi-published author Patty Smith Hall lives near the North Georgia Mountains with her husband, Danny. When she’s not writing on her back porch, she’s spending time with her family or working in her vegetable garden.

 

More from Patty

Did you know that the Girl Scouts (or Girl Guides) serviced as spies on HIs Majesty’s Secret Service during World War One? I didn’t either until I picked up a book on female spies at my local Barnes and Noble. There were only two paragraphs about how the girls worked with the MI5 for the duration of the war. It was enough to get my heart pumping!

Being a former Girl Scout myself, I was amazed at what these young girls did to help our country during the war. What activities did the Girl Scouts/Girl Guides do in World War II? Anything asked of them. They organized drives for anything from fat (to make bullets) to paper, stepped into positions left vacant by men serving on the front and worked Victory gardens to provide food for their community. They did so many things, I can’t begin to name them all here. By March 1944, the Girl Scouts had provided over 15 million volunteer hours toward the war effort.

Isn’t that amazing? No wonder I had to write a book about them!

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Giveaway

To celebrate her tour, Patty is giving away the grand prize package of a $25 Amazon e-gift card and a print copy of the book!!

Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.

https://promosimple.com/ps/23640/on-my-honor-celebration-tour-giveaway