Secret for a Nightingale

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Summary: a true victoria holt threw and trew
Review: if you've never read a victoria holt book than this one you would love it is the 12th victoria holt book i read

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Summary: One of her best!
Review: Victoria Holt really captures you in this one. She keeps you hanging on till the end wondering whom the heroine will end up with in this one. It has great historical insite too, which is not a surprise to Victoria Holt fans. In this one the heroine follows Florence Nightingale to heal soldiers and try to improve hospital conditions. She finds herself falling in love with a doctor she suspects of killing her child and ruining her husband with drugs. It is wonderful and you have to read it if you like Victoria Holt at all.

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Summary: Don't be Frightened!
Review: When I red the synopsis for this book, I thought I shouldn't read it because I thought it would be too into the occult, and as a Christian, that wouldn't b something for me to read. Some other Christians read it, and didn't say anything bad about it so I thought I would give it a try. I'm glad I did! Don't be frightened! The occult is just mentioned, and is frowned upon. It is all right for a Christian to read!

Susanna grew up in India, but went to school in England. On her return visit, she finds Aubrey St. Clare (It is a man! I've known girls named Aubrey, but this one is a man!). They fall in love and marry back in England. Her marriage is all but shattered when she finds out Aubrey is into opium and the occult. She tries to make the marriage work, but when Aubrey's way of life causes her son to die, she leaves forever. Before she regrets it, Aubrey dies as well.

She decides to leave England and become a nurse, but she never forgives Dr. Damien Adair, the man she blames for Aubrey's downfall and her son's death. Much to her surprise, she meets up with Damien and, is it love? Could she love the man that ruined her husband and son?

This Victoria Holt book is different because the ending isn't very suspenseful, and the "bad-guy" isn't trying to hurt the heroine. Still, it is very good, like her others.