A Regimental Affair — Catherine Jones

When Ginny Turner arrives to take up her new post as Regimental Admin Officer, there are mixed feelings on 'the patch'. Her old friend Maddy is delighted: Ginny is fun, good company, and will brighten things up no end. Alice Davies, wife of Commanding Officer Bob Davies, is less pleased. She remembers Ginny from an earlier posting as 'a bit fast'. Ginny herself is excited, not least at the prospect of being reunited with her old boss, for whom she has long held a candle. When the regiment embark on an emergency tour to Kosovo - minus wives - Colonel Bob and Ginny are inevitably thrown together. But relationships between senior army officers and their staff are severely frowned upon, and when the press gets wind of an affair - courtesy of a freelance journalist who befriends both Maddy and Ginny - the storm breaks. Both Bob and Ginny's careers are on the line, and Ginny soon realises that her lover will always put ambition first...