title: Closer to a Stranger
author: Darcy, Lilian
description: Theater Nurse Prunella Murdoch had not intended to take up a new job in Newfoundland, Canada, on her own, but when her friend dropped out Prue felt obligated, to honor her contract. A shy girl, Prue felt badly homesick for Scotland â€" until she met Rourke. Why he didn't reveal he was the hospital surgeon she would be working for, Prue didn't know, but it left her feeling badly disadvantaged when they finally met across the operating table. In such a small community it didn't take Prue long to find out about Rourke Donovan's background, not that he felt he ought to marry a local girlâ€¦