An Angel's Work

England, 1941. Trained nurse Jo Brooks has spent three nights under German bombing raids when she is ordered to the basement operating theatre at Mill Road Hospital. She leaves reluctantly, since her closest friend, Moira, is still upstairs comforting new mothers on the maternity ward. Jo has barely reached the safety of the underground theatre when a direct hit brings the ward down. Dragging herself out of the wreckage, she puts her patients first, yet cannot stop searching for Moira, who is trapped under a heavy weight of bricks and stone.

Jo has resolved to do whatever she must to help the Allies win the war, even if that means risking her own life. Her resolve is tested when, while working, she meets a young American soldier who makes her heart race. Her new feelings pull against the promises she has made, and the stakes grow as she realises how much she has to lose.

This wartime novel centres on friendship, love and duty, with the bonds between women at its heart. Readers of Nadine Dorries, Jean Grainger and The Beantown Girls may enjoy its mix of nursing, romance and home-front drama.