Books with author N Douglas

Frankie Ford is honest and hardworking and has ambitions to become a ward sister at a prestigious London teaching hospital. But, hiding a secret, Frankie flees her comfortable home counties life to begin training as a district nurse in the poverty-stricken streets of Leeds. The first book in this brand new saga series from Donna Douglas will follow Frankie and her fellow trainee district nurses as they grapple with their own problems, and those of life in the Yorkshire mining town.

From the author of The Nightingale Girls, The Nightingale Sisters and The Nightingale Nurses -- perfect for fans of Call the Midwife. At the Nightingale Hospital, things aren't always as they seem... Dora is completing her training as a Nurse on the Children's Ward. With her love life on hold, and her nemesis pointing out her every flaw, will Dora be allowed to stay at the Nightingale?Helen is adjusting to life as a qualified nurse, making new friends, and trying to put her husband's death behind her.Lucy has it all -- brains, beauty and money in spades. But as her fragile family life falls apart, what will she learn about her family, her friends, and most of all, herself.With war looming in the future, the students, nurses and sisters have to face up to the fact that that people are not always as they first appear.

This is the true life story of O. Douglas’ mother, but depicted as a fictional mother reminiscing with her daughter. The story starts with the mother’s early marriage and family life in Scotland, where she sets about raising six children while supporting her husband, a minister. This pleasing, nostalgic book is full of domestic joy and love, but tinged with tragedy as the family struggles with illness and the First World War.

Morrigan wakes in the mysterious land of Lhiminal after a brush with death, leaving her with no recollection of her life before. As her past unravels, Morrigan finds that she is the last of the Stoneborn, a rank of powerful warriors destined to purge the realm of its Dark King, Lysander.The young warrior grows unsettled at the thought that her path has already been laid out for her. She doesn’t want a life filled with conflict and death, but she also doesn’t seem to have a say. Determined to break free from destiny, Morrigan tries time and again to deny her purpose.However, Lysander draws closer with her every hesitation, wielding an ancient and powerful magic capable of tearing Lhiminal apart. And the Dark King is hellbent on using it to destroy the last Stoneborn.Will Morrigan accept her fate in order to survive?

As Elly May Clampett on the long - running hit television show, ''The Beverly Hillbillies,'' Donna Douglas was noted for her love of ''critters.'' Her portrayal was true to life, because she was raised on a Louisiana farm, where she developed a love for both domestic and wild animals. In the Mulberry Acres Farm series, she presents delightful stories that express enduring lessons to be gained from the animal kingdom. In this volume, an old horse, long past its prime, shows how anyone can accomplish great things with the proper motivation.