Windswept: A WWI Historical Novel of Love & Adventure on the Middle Eastern Front

A British nurse in WWI Egypt races to deliver explosive intelligence that could change the course of the war in this novel of suspense, adventure, and love. May, 1917. Ginger Whitman left a life of wealth and privilege in England to train as a battlefield nurse and serve in the Great War. Working on the brutal frontlines in Palestine, she finds a wounded soldier hiding in her camp. The soldier claims to carry intelligence unmasking a secret plot against the British—and that traitors within British intelligence are searching for him. Desperate and dying, the soldier entrusts a coded message to her care. Ginger is hurled into an unfamiliar world of intrigue and murder amidst the war-ravaged Arabian desert. She's determined to help her country but trusting the wrong person could cost her life. Then the arrival of mysterious and handsome British intelligence officer Major Noah Benson offers a chance of help. But Noah may be as dangerous as he is charming. As she's swept away by stolen moments on the desert sands, Ginger realizes her heart may also be at risk. Hunted by a shadowy enemy spy, Ginger must decide if she can trust Noah. But as she grapples with her decision, Ginger makes a shocking discovery: a sinister secret that threatens to shatter the world she thought she knew. Windswept is the first novel in the Windswept WW1 Saga, a series of historicals featuring a strong female protagonist. A story of spies, family drama, romance, and epic adventure, it is set in the British Middle Eastern front. Content warning: This novel contains violence and romantic, steamy moments. A world at war isn't kind to a well-meaning aristocrat in this debut historical romance. Lady Virginia Whitman, aka Ginger, is a red-haired combat nurse treating the wounded during the British Gaza campaign in May 1917, her contribution to the war effort. Ginger's life changes when she discovers a badly injured Turkish soldier. Ahmed Bayrak claims to be a Jewish spy for the British who has been uncovered. He tells her there is a traitor in British intelligence and gives her information that she should only hand over to his contact, Lt. Thevshi. Ginger recruits her best friend, nurse Beatrice, and her fiance, surgeon James Clark, to help treat Ahmed while she tracks down Thevshi and tries to identify the mole. The traitor candidates include Ginger's brother, Henry, who attacks Ahmed; fellow aristocrat Stephen Fisher, whom she rejected in favor of James; and Noah Benson, a mystery man whom she falls hard for. So Ginger must decide whom she can trust, with her head and her heart often battling. Throughout her investigation, the abilities of Ginger, who comprehends World War I's geopolitics, are denigrated by all the men in her circle. The naïve but tenacious nurse frequently ends up in peril as she seeks to determine which figure crucial to the Entente Powers' war effort is being targeted by a terrorist called "the Maslukha."