A Rose for Julian — Martha Schroeder

She could offer him nothing but her love...

In Victorian England, women were not supposed to read the newspapers, much less travel to dangerous foreign countries. But the women who followed Florence Nightingale onto the battlefields of the Crimean War did just that, earning themselves the sobriquet Angels of Mercy. Now join three spirited nurses as they risk it all to follow their dreams...and their hearts.

LOVE BLOOMS IN THE UNLIKELIEST PLACES
Young and impoverished, Rose Cranmer had done the unthinkable to keep a roof over her ailing mother's head, but when her mother dies, Rose flees the countryside -- and the landlord who stole her innocence. Taking a position in London with Miss Nightingale is a dream come true for Rose, who learned the uses for herbal remedies at her mother's knee. One patient in particular--proud, wounded Julian Livingston, an earl's son - -inspires dreams of another kind. They are impossible dreams, for Rose believes that Julian will despise her if he discovers the shameful truth of her past. Can Julian convince her that he loves the woman she has become...the woman he wants as his bride?