Welsh minister's daughter Catrin Jones is the talk of
Britain. Many women served as nurses in the Crimean War,
skirting the edge of propriety to tend lonely soldiers'
wounds, but only Catrin survived a shipwreck on her return
voyage. Suddenly, like a circus curiosity, everyone wants a
glimpse of the scandalous Miss Jones. Scarred, opinionated,
and adjusting to a rush of fame so very different from far-
away battlefields, she's not the sort of woman Scottish
robber baron William Christie aspires to marry.
Following a decade of brilliant business maneuvers, William
is on the verge of securing a key railroad contract. But
his aristocratic wife's death during childbirth meant the
loss of considerable influence. Few in Society have
forgiven his up-from-the-gutters youth. With
respectability, wealth, and his two-year-old son finally
his to claim, William must decide whether an extraordinary
nurse is worth embracing just a little more scandal....
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