An American Nurse in Paris - Novels of the Great War

By John Andrews

Genres: Historical Fiction

Age Groups: 18+

Paris. 1918.

Staring into the muzzle of a French policeman’s pistol . . .

Journalist Alice Simmons’s last chance to stay alive is a nursing degree she never intended to use. A lowly job in a Red Cross hospital becomes the scoop of her career—and the key to her heart.

Alice’s ambition to be a Great War correspondent careens headlong into a wall of sexism and deceit. The officer in charge of the American Army press office refuses to authorize Alice to leave Paris unless she agrees to certain favors. One evening, his lust escalates to a drunken assault. The unsuccessful attacker begins a campaign of false allegations to explain his injuries and cover up his crime. These culminate when he accuses her of being a German spy.

A nursing assistant job in an American Red Cross military hospital is Alice’s only hope. She confronts chaos and heartbreak as American casualties from the Battle of Belleau Wood flood her ward. A tragic death amid the human wreckage of war unlocks Alice’s compassion and her capacity to love, both long-buried after a childhood tragedy. Her patients’ courage and support from unexpected allies inspire Alice’s fight to restore her honor.