Synopsis

Nightingale Time

In a large nutshell, Nightingale Time is a modern Regency about Belinda Wadley, a widowed Episcopal priest lovingly called The Loose Canon because her parish was axed in a budget cut and she has yet to receive a new assignment. “Blin” has a lot to deal with, the least of which is being unemployed. She agonizes over marrying again. Though she deeply longs to have a family so she can be the good shepherd and show her flock how to live the truly good life, she feels guilty for putting herself first when she should help the parishioners who are incensed about the church closing and have no clergy to turn to. Blin is also aghast at what she believes is an obsession with seeking sex. She resolves to carry on with lots of silent prayer and pleas for grace, but her quest for peace is shattered one May night when the likable but conflicted John-Emory Hance, a single parent, throws his teenage daughter out of his house, and Blin finds herself in a battle of wits with a man who detests female priests and is campaigning to have them removed from the Church.