This book is set in the late 1800’s. Kate Livingston is
working for the government for an insufferable boss who doesn’t think women have
a brain in their heads when Kate gets a letter to interview for a job at a prestigious
hospital as a statistician. Kate goes to
the interview only to discover who new boss would be none other than Dr. Trevor
McDonough. Her rival in school that beat her out of a college scholarship. In school they competed for the best grades
in everything. With some trepidation she
takes the job in the tuberculosis floor of the hospital.
Dr. Trevor McDonough, who while in college changed his last
name to Kendall, is researching a cure for tuberculosis. When he opens the hospital floor for his
patients and research he immediately tries to find Kate because he knows she
would be an excellent assistant. Even
while Kate is interviewing for the job the barbs begin to fly between them just
like in school. Only this time there is
an undercurrent between them.
As the story continues, someone is trying to destroy Dr.
Kendall’s reputation and they are even using Kate to do it.
Kate has a fear of losing her loved ones as she has lost two
brothers to diphtheria and a husband to a construction fall. She has to learn to put her trust in God and
release her fears. Trevor is a very
closed person. He has to learn to open
up and let others help him fight to keep the tuberculosis floor open.
I would highly recommend this story. It deals with tuberculosis before there was a
cure and how deadly it was. I had
trouble putting it down. I have read other books by Elizabeth Camden and would
recommend them all.
I was given this book by the publisher for an honest
review. I was not compensated in any
way.
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