Carolyn Vacey

Critical Prairie Hearts Carolyn Vacey

Hayden Barrett is a bright young Registered Nurse working in the intensive care and coronary care units at the Memorial hospital in Calgary, Alberta. Caring for critically ill patients is what she does best; she is compassionate but also an efficient and knowledgeable nurse. Assign her a ventilated trauma patient on multiple lifesaving intravenous infusions and they will receive top-notch care!




Hayden works alongside a great team of colleagues, including a few personalities that make shifts more challenging. This includes Louise, a new nurse in the unit whose big personality irritates Hayden. Unfortunately, their lives become unavoidably intertwined in a tragic twist.




While she loves her challenging job, her little home away from home, and her city friends, Hayden still cherishes her country roots in her hometown of Willow Creek. Hayden embarks on a risky romance that triggers some painful memories of her past. Will she find happiness and solace? Will the relationship jeopardize her career?