Ellie

Eleanor "Ellie" Sutton has never fit the mould her mother demands of her. While other young ladies of her class fill their days with fashion and gossip, Ellie longs for something her mother calls unthinkable - a life spent healing the sick.When family tensions finally drive her from home, Ellie escapes to London to train as a nurse, a profession considered scandalous for a woman of her standing. Amid the harsh discipline of the wards, she finds an unlikely ally in the sharp-tongued Maggie Pole, and falls in love with the charming Timothy Hamilton - only to see it all threatened by a devastating misunderstanding.Then word comes that her brother-in-law lies wounded and missing in the Crimea. Defying everyone who tells her the journey is too dangerous for a woman alone, Ellie sails into the chaos of war - carrying a secret of her own that could unravel everything.Ellie is a sweeping tale of courage, heartbreak, and one woman's fight to choose her own path, set against the true history of the birth of modern nursing.