Healing Hazel by Jennifer Moore

Healing Hazel
by Jennifer Moore

ISBN-13: 9781524422189
Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Covenant Communications
Released: September 8th 2022

Source: ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
Hazel Thornton has one great ambition: to help the sick and wounded as a nurse. But that dream can never become a reality. After a devastating childhood trauma, she has spent her life battling fits of panic that make it impossible to finish her studies. Everything changes, however, when a trip to Spain to visit her father for Christmas takes a perilous turn that derails her plans and immediately plunges her into the dangers of a brutal war.

With single-minded focus, she springs into action to help her fellow travelers. To ensure their continued care, she begins work at a Spanish hospital alongside Dr. Jim Jackson, a man whose only emotion seems to be wariness of his new assistant. Armed with gifts of support from each of her dearest friends, a group that dubs themselves the Blue Orchid Society, Hazel embarks on a journey of hope and healing to battle the demons of her past with the help of the doctor who has captured her heart.


My Review:
Healing Hazel is a romance set in 1873 in Spain. Jim lost his brother in the American Civil War and now works for the Red Cross in Spain. When he comes upon a well-dressed Hazel at the site of a train wreck, he misjudges her. However, she's had some nursing training and proves her usefulness. Jim pushes his team to take their medical help closer to the fighting in hopes of saving even more civilians and fighters. If only he'd been able to save his brother... But he ends up putting Hazel and his team in danger.

After the initial misjudgment, Jim respected Hazel, allowed her to work as a nurse, and took the time to teach her further skills. Hazel panicked when in crowded, confined spaces, so she struggled to overcome this so she could help others. They grew to care about each other. There was some suspense due to the danger they were sometimes in and the pressures of trying to save lives. Historical details about medical procedures, the war, and such were woven into the story. While blood and surgery were mentioned, any "gore" was not really graphically described. There was no sex or bad language. Overall, I'd recommend this novel to fans of historical romance.


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