Windswept by Annabelle McCormack (IBPA) 5 stars

Publication date 21/9/21 435 pages

I picked this book as I love Historical fiction books and it was a first world war book. The picture on the cover was just brilliant so I couldn't pass on this book. I also love reading debut authors and finding the gems among the rough. I certainly did find a gem with this author or should I say the rarest of them all because this book was really WOW!! Many thanks to the author and independent publishers for allowing me to read this wonderful book via Netgalley.

If you are doing the ladyreading365 reading challenge which is my group on Facebook under the same name. This book can be used for the following prompts #2 hold your horses, #5 debut author, #9 historical fiction, #16 multicultural interest, #20 audiobook, #23 includes politics, #24 romance, #31 woman's fiction book, #35 set in Asia #46 hat on cover.

Synopsis

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.

My Review

This is a brilliant action packed historical fiction book, that is loosely based on true stories. This thrilling book follows a British nurse in Egypt during WWI. Who is unable to stop herself from saving the life of a man who is carrying an important message about a plot to take down the British and bringing to light the people who are corrupt within the British government trying to stop him. This face paced moving story line is truly fantastic. The author is a genius for bringing such little details to the story that brings a brilliant atmosphere and suspense. The characters was wonderful and are wrote so that we are always guessing who we can trust. The love story element of the book had me intrigued. I just couldn't put the book down. The twists and turns had me on the edge of my seat. I loved the constant air of mystery in the story and you really connect with the main character as you wonder just she can do to help and to whom she can trust.

So many brilliant elements of this book were brought together with such skill, I didn't want the book to end.

I listened to the audio version of this book which did need to be speed up a little bit and the narrator was brilliant at adding a suspense to the story.

So much praise goes out to the author and independent publishers for creating such a magnificent book. I will be reading this authors further books and I can't wait. This book is part one in the tale.