DR.BRENDAN RAFFERTY'S SIZE BELIED THE GENTLESS WITH WHICH HE TREATED THE SICK OF THE TINY VILLAGE WHERE HE LIVED AND WORKED.
1840s Mexico. Thomasina signs on to be a doctor's assistant to Dr. Brendan Rafferty.
Thomasina knew that she had caused a stir by signing on as the doctor's assistant. It was only natural that he had assumed she was a young man. Still, that wasn't reason enough for him to break their contract- and given the chance, she would soon show him that she was more than just another pretty face.
