In the Shadow of the Lamp by Susanne Dunlap

  This is another great example of historical fiction & romance combined.  16 year old, Molly Fraser, manages to sneak on board a ship headed for Balaclava, and the Crimean War with Florence NIghtingale.  She has a special ability to calm and heal just by touching the sick and wants to become a nurse.  She has many dramatic episodes and meets a couple of men who she is attracted to, but what happens next is up to the reader to find out.  I liked this book and found myself doing some outside reading about the Crimean War and Florence Nightingale.