The Blossoming of a Nightingale

For Irene ONeill breaking free from her sheltered childhood and strict father is not a choiceits a necessity. After promising her father shed focus solely on her studies, Irene packs her bags for one of the most prestigious hospital-based nursing programs in America. Little did she know how utterly unprepared she was to enter the progressive and fast-paced world in Manhattan and Bellevue Nursing School. Irene stumbles, bumbles and bluffs her way through classes and scenarios she doesnt completely understand and finds herself mistaking bedpans for food trays and syringes for IVs! But can Irene manage to keep her promise to her father and focus only on her studies in the midst of all Manhattans distractions? She tries hard to hold true to her morals but Bellevues biggest temptations, a male nurse and a stockbroker who seem focused entirely on her, make this promise almost impossible to maintain. For the first time in her young life, Irene finds herself trapped in a love triangle between her patient and sweet colleague, Ray and the smooth and powerful stockbroker, Steve. Will this inexperienced Nightingale lose herself amid New York Citys wild 60s? Will Studio 54, war protests and free love change the woman she saw in the mirror for her entire life? And will one of these men win her heartor will they end up ruining her dream of becoming a successful nurse?