Margaret Drake Boeken

Before WWII , a fair-skinned colored girl in the South had few chances to raise herself unless she could figure out how too "pass." The war offered new opportunities to join the effort to defeat the nation's enemies. Clara Brett took advantage of this national need to pursue her dream of becoming an occupational therapist. The path to this goal led to overcoming personal as well as professional obstacles and threats. Other opportunities for relationships with men and women were part of the turmoil of caring for injured soldiers.

Elizabeth Adams expects the adventure of a lifetime when she accepts a faculty position at the Nursing Education Program at the National Saudi University for Girls, but nothing could prepare her for the whirlwind of drama and intrigue she encounters as she navigates romance and rescue under the close eye of the Committee for the Protection of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice. When a student begs for Elizabeth to help save her life, she embarks on a quest that brings her closer to the heart of Saudi Arabia and her own beliefs about freedom, love, and purpose.