The Girl in His Shadow
An unforgettable historical fiction novel about one woman who believed in
scientific medicine before the world believed in her.
London, 1845: Raised by the eccentric surgeon Dr. Horace Croft after losing her parents to a deadly
pandemic, the orphan Nora Beady knows little about conventional life. While other young ladies were
raised to busy themselves with needlework and watercolors, Nora was trained to perfect her suturing and
anatomical illustrations of dissections.
Women face dire consequences if caught practicing medicine, but in Croft’s private clinic Nora is his
most trusted—and secret—assistant. That is until the new surgical resident Dr. Daniel Gibson arrives.
Dr. Gibson has no idea that Horace’s bright and quiet young ward is a surgeon more qualified and
ingenuitive than even himself. In order to protect Dr. Croft and his practice from scandal and collapse
Nora must learn to play a new and uncomfortable role—that of a proper young lady.
An unforgettable historical fiction novel about one woman who believed in scientific
medicine before the world believed in her.
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