Mrs Porter Calling by AJ Pearce is the third book in The Emmy Lake Chronicle Series by AJ Pearce. The three books published so far are Dear Mrs Bird, Yours Cheerfully and Mrs Porter Calling. NetGalley kindly offered me an advanced reading copy of Mrs Porter Calling by AJ Pearce, which will be published 23 May 2023.

Mrs Porter Calling by AJ Pearce

London, April 1943.

Emmy Lake, Woman’s Friend magazine’s popular young agony aunt, is doing all she can to help the readers as they face the challenges of life on the Home Front. With the postbags overflowing, Emmy puts her heart and soul into Doing Her Bit.

But when a glamorous new owner arrives, everything changes. As the Honourable Mrs Cressida Porter tries to charm her way around editor Guy Collins and the rest of the team, Emmy realises that Mrs Porter plans to destroy everything that Woman’s Friend stands for, and worst of all, force them to abandon the readers they’ve promised to stand up for.

With best friends Bunty and Thelma by her side, Emmy must work out how she can bring everyone together to fight back before it is too late.

 

Buoyant, heartwarming and marvellously entertaining, Mrs Porter Calling is the third novel in AJ Pearce’s series, The Emmy Lake Chronicles. I have to admit that I didn’t realise that the ARC only included the first few chapters of the book. I got happily stuck in to reacquainting myself with Emmy and her friends before the book abruptly stopped. This has never happened before and I was a little disappointed as I was enjoying the story – I’m more than happy to order a copy for myself when it’s published next month.

Dear Mrs Bird, Yours Cheerfully and Mrs Porter Calling make a great trio of books if you enjoy light-hearted historical fiction. Set in Second World War London, the main character Emmy Lake is  a warm and engaging character, who has lots of adventures on her journey to become a journalist. I can’t help but read these books in a kind of Received Pronunciation kind of way. I’m sure Emmy would approve!