Doc Lady

For fans of Fiona Valpy and Amy Harmon, Diana Patton brings you a sweeping historical novel about a courageous young woman fighting to survive against the odds in California’s northernmost logging camp, Mother McCloud.

Bucking her mother’s wishes and based upon Dr. Johnson’s embellished letters, Eden O’Dell accepts a nursing position with the McCloud River Lumber Company.

When a once in a century blizzard strands her on the northbound Southern ­Pacific train, she regrets her bold decisions. But she cannot return to the safety of her father’s hearth and must carry on, no matter the hardships.

With two dead sawyers buried in the frozen millpond and a wounded lad lying upon his deathbed, Mother’s bullboss, Nero Erickson, needs a doctor but what he gets is a wispy mayfly who might not survive the elements.

Will she wither and shirk all that she has learned at Florence Nightingale’s School of Nursing? Can she fill Dr. Johnson’s boots and save Nero’s beloved wounded lad?

Can Nero tame this bucking filly and turn her into a trusted employee?

A looming quota hangs over Nero’s head and with an inoperable sawmill, used saw blades that won’t hold sharp, they are dead in the water until they can repair the damages. With embattled millwrights, rugged loggers, women of the evening, and a handful of old trusted salty dogs, can he turn Frisco’s sawmill into a going concern?

Download the eBook or buy the paperback Doc Lady today and find out what fate has in store for this mismatched couple.