We catch up with the trainee nurses at the Nightingale
hospital in the third of Donna Douglas books in the Nightingale series.
The nurses are now in their final year of training and their
final examinations are looming.
Dora is still in love with Nick, but Nick has done the right
and responsible thing and married Ruby, Dora’s best friend and is prepared to
make a go of their marriage. But will things change if Nick finds out that Ruby
has not been honest and is keeping a dark secret from him?
Helen is in a good relationship with Charlie, much to her
over bearing and interfering mother’s disappointment. Can she find the courage
to stand up to her mother and to do what she feels best for her life?
Millie is left worried after getting a disturbing message
from a fortune-teller regarding her fiancé. When he is sent to Spain to cover
the Civil War this only adds to Millie’s anxiety. Will the fortune-tellers
prediction come true?
I really have enjoyed reading the Nightingale series of
books by author Donna Douglas. I could not wait to read this, the third book
and to pick up from where the last book left off, and to catch up with the
lives of the young trainee nurses. Over the three books I have come to really
care about what happens to these wonderful and likeable characters that Donna
Douglas created. Not only does this book
concentrate on the lives of the leading characters but it covers historic
events of the time, the pending war and life in the East End is becoming disrupted
by the uprising of the blackshirts led by their fascist leader Oswald Mosley.
They cause damage; destruction and violence on the streets, which adds to the
pace of the story, making this book an excellent read and a book not to be
missed.
Hello, I’m Donna Douglas and I’d like to thank Nikki
for inviting me to visit her blog to tell you all about my new book, The Nightingale Nurses.
The
Nightingale Nurses is the third in my series set in an East
End hospital in the 1930s. But don’t worry if you haven’t read the first two,
as you can enjoy the books separately as well as together!
The story begins in the spring of 1936, when student
Helen Tremayne is six months away from her final exams. Her domineering mother
Constance is determined that nothing should stand in the way of Helen’s
success, least of all her working class boyfriend Charlie. Poor Helen finds
herself torn between wanting to please her mother and following her heart. But
then a twist of fate changes her life forever…
Her friends Dora and Millie are facing problems of
their own. Society girl turned student nurse Millie is blissfully planning her
wedding to her fiance Sebastian, a foreign correspondent. But then a fortune
teller’s dire prediction makes her fear she might not get the happy ending she
expects. Meanwhile, there’s no prospect of a happy ending for down to earth Dora.
She has to stand by and watch as Nick, the love of her life, weds her pregnant
best friend Ruby. For her friend’s sake,
she knows she must forget Nick and keep her feelings to herself. But little
does she know Ruby is hiding a devastating secret of her own.
The
Nightingale Nurses is a tale of love, courage and friendship
against all the odds, set against the background of a pre-war East End
hospital. I really hope you enjoy it. Look out for Nikki’s review coming soon!
The
Nightingale Nurses is published by Arrow. It’s available from
bookshops and supermarkets, or from Amazon –
If you’d like to know more about Donna Douglas, please
visit her website – www.donnadouglas.co.uk
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