It’s always fun to stumble across a great series that’s fully written so you don’t have to wait for the next book to be published.  Teaching people to challenge the norm, this series is a gold mine.  In a day when being a doctor was a man’s profession, Dr. Chaney Duval is bold and daring yet feminine and caring.  Going head-to-head with the best male doctors of her time, she teaches them a thing or two about cutting-edge medical techniques that she’s refined.  In a day when there’s no such thing as an emergency room, Chaney continually challenges the status quo trying to create better medical care.  In a day when education was hard to come by, Dr. Duvall is an advocate on behalf of the nurses who stand by the doctors on a daily basis doing their bidding.  Boldly living out her faith in, she is a continual inspiration to the people around her. 

Shiloh is Dr. Duvall’s nurse and has been for at least two years.  Accompanying her on most of her adventures, he often saves her when she finds herself in precarious situations.  Occasionally, he’s the voice of reason when she gets all fired-up.  Moments of tenderness between the two main characters continue to keep the reader hopeful for a future romance.  There are many secondary characters who add to the story but they never overshadow Chaney and Shiloh.

Lynn Morris, the author, has written at least 20 books.  There are eight in the Dr. Chaney Duval series with another three in a spinoff series with Shiloh, her nurse.  Several are written with her well-known father and author Gilbert Morris.  Every book in this series so far has been enjoyable.  I looked forward to reading the next one, too. 

Content Analysis:

Profanity/Language:  None 

Violence/Gore:  A carriage crash between multiple vehicles results in hurt people, some blood, a little descriptive but not gory; medical students are known to be a rough and rowdy crowd; male medical students get in a fight resulting in a knife wound, gunshot wounds, some blood, some description but not gory; in a hospital, 2 women are having babies,  one is having a hard time, mention of screams and pain; in a hospital, a young girl who was a prostitute, 17 or 18 years old, probably had a botched abortion, blood, death; details of a medical procedure, some blood, not gory; some details of an infected leg wound, possibly slightly gory; an explosion and fire, several people burned, no descriptive details, mostly emotional but not gory, some die, including a young teenager.

Sex/Nudity:  Male medical students make inappropriate comments because of a female doctor’s gender; several mentions of prostitution, even of young girls and at least 1 who was sold into prostitution; man and woman kiss, not descriptive; a budding romance runs between man & woman. 

Mature Subject Matter:

Racial discrimination & bias, class & gender discrimination, death, abortion, prostitution, children sold into prostitution, hard child birth, death of a prematurely born baby, medical issues and terms.

Alcohol / Drug Use:

Male medical students drink alcohol and get drunk resulting in a fight; mention of part of town where men drink alcohol and get drunk; men sit around at a party and smoke cigars and drink alcohol.