![]() Grayson, surely you are not telling me that I have traveled all the way from San Francisco to take a position that is not in reality mine because I happen to be a woman.” “When I agreed to offer the position, I assumed Aunt Gail had hired a man.” Well, at least not by Nate Grayson the man who hired her. Lancaster finds she is not at all welcomed in Nile. However, it’s upon arriving from her travels across the country via train by way of San Francisco her hometown Dr. When Vivid gets an opportunity to be the Doctor for Grayson Grove in Niles, Michigan she sets off to start her new job. Never one to back down, Vivid is a quick thinker, bold, and confident with a love for people. For one, she’s not only a female Doctor in a time (the 1800’s) that it’s almost unheard of but she is a female of color that is a doctor. ![]() Viveca Lancaster, affectionately called Vivid by family and friends is one of my favorite heroines to date. “Would you give up a fortune to be a wife? Vivid looked up into his eyes. That good feeling you get when you find a good read. ![]()
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