Mapmaker's Secret: BOOK REVIEW

 Title: The Mapmaker's Secret

Author: Jennifer Mistmorgan

Genre: Historical Fiction (WW2), Christian Fiction

Pg count: 333

1943 England. The home of Grace Deroy has been taken over by the military and turned into a mapmaking/ checking facility for the air forces, renamed Bartondale.  Grace moves into the caretaker's cottage and works for the facility, hoping to keep an eye on her family's things. 

In the meantime, after Jack Marsden's wife dies in childbirth, he steps away from medicine, and at the start of the war contributes by using the skills of mapmaking he learned from his dad. With those skills, he is assigned against his will to become a spy at Bartondale.  He is tasked to determine if Grace is working for the Nazi's and releasing confidential materials.  Jack knows he is not the person for the job, and when he meets Grace this is reaffirmed by his growing feelings for Grace.  As he gets to know her, he is sure that she is not the guilty party, but who is.  

Grace and Jack each have a past that has greatly influenced who they have become, what they do and how they behave.  Past heartache has led one toward God, and one away from God.  Their current circumstances continue to add trials, betrayals, and fear. I personally think people/ characters can "fall too fast," and I would have liked to see these characters ease into their feelings a little more. The element of faith is faint but there. The plot moves the novel forward fluidly. Grace and Jack both have interesting backstories, and I appreciated the subplots and minor characters included.  I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to readers of clean romance and historical fiction.

 This book releases on March 22, but you can preorder now!