The right thing to do is refuse her love, even though it’s the one thing that might save him.

Nightingale nurses aren’t allowed romantic associations, but the mandate doesn’t concern Elissa Lockwood. After all, she’s in Turkey to care for wounded British soldiers, not fall in love. But then she meets the capable, compassionate, andself-sacrificing surgeon Cameron MacKay, and forgets to guard her heart. When their romance is discovered, Elissa is discharged and sent home in disgrace. A letter from Cam finishes upending her world. Cameron MacKay has given on surgery, on himself, on life. For a short while Elissa’s love convinced him he’d finally earned redemption for his unforgiveable mistake, but soon life reminded him that such ideas were hopeless dreams. When Elissa begins working at the same hospital as Cam, he wants to do the right reject her love and ignore her refusal to give up on him. Their problems seem insurmountable. Then a man with a soul-consuming grudge puts both their lives in jeopardy.

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THE NIGHTINGALE NURSES SERIES Military veterans and Florence Nightingale nurses return home from the Crimean War to forge new lives in a changed society.

“As refreshing as it is realistic.”—Kirkus Reviews on A Hero to Hold, named to Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2016