by Lucy Ellmann
First published 2013
In a quiet rural town, the medical profession has turned upside down. Nurses refuse to wash their hands. Doctors occupy the bottom rung of the hospital hierarchy. Patients make endless demands while the staff struggles through endless cycles of cleaning and bandaging wounds. At the center of this chaos stands one massive nurse who refuses to accept the status quo. She has fallen for a handsome doctor with a distinctive cleft chin, but their love faces impossible obstacles. When her beloved doctor must fight for his survival, she takes a stand that will terrify everyone around her. The nurse's fierce devotion and intimidating presence make her a force that others fear, yet her commitment to love drives her forward through a medical system that has lost all sense of order and hygiene.
Genres: fiction, medical, contemporary, 21st-century
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Rural Town
Period: 21st Century
288 pages · Kindle Edition · Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Content warnings: medical-trauma