When Anaesthetist, Doctor Darren Westfield first met the cool and reserved new Head of Theatre Four, Sister Joyce Kennedy, he was left breathless. He soon learned that the tall, golden eyed beauty was not to be trifled with and her cold prickly reserve was no act as her cool glances chilled him to the bone. But then again, luck was on his side when he quickly discovered her amazing side line, when she eventually asks him to help her. The year is 1969 . the place was Vietnam, aboard the Hospital ship USS Sanctuary sitting in the middle of the South China Sea.