Celebrate Lit / January 13, 2023

On My Honor

About the Book On My Honor

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 on On My Honor

I really enjoy this series of books. They bring to life WWII from the perspective of the women who were affected by this war. This novel takes you to the Outer Banks of the United States (North Carolina in particular) and to a troop of Girl Scouts.

Ginny has come home from nursing school to stay with her mom and sister while her father is off working building ships. She was one semester away from getting her degree. Let’s just say that she was wanting to stay and finish and really wasn’t sure why she had to come home and be a caretaker(don’t worry you’ll find out later).

As part of what she’s doing for the war effort while home she’s working as a nurse, working for the Coast Guard, and helping keep her little sister busy by helping her and her friends form a Girl Scout troop.

The troop sets out to learn the mottos and be like the Girl Guides of WWI. What they didn’t bargain for was finding a man washed ashore from an explosion and learning why he’s here. Can they keep him safe? Can they help him heal? And what about the man he’s looking for? Is anyone safe on their island?

I loved meeting the girls. They’re quite the characters! Ginny is as well and I loved getting to know them. You’re going to love this book full of suspense and more!

I have voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received through Celebrate Lit. All views expressed are only my honest opinion. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way. All opinions expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the FTC regulations.

About the Author of On My Honor

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) served 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 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!