Heart and Soul by Maeve Binchy

Dr. Clara Casey is the director of the new heart clinic associated with St. Brigid's Hospital in Dublin. She has the luxury of hiring all her staff, despite interference from hospital administrator Frank Ennis. Ania Prasky, recently arrived from Poland, is trying to learn English and handles all the small jobs around the clinic. Dr. Declan Carroll is on hand for a training stint and soon is smitten with nurse Fiona Ryan, who has a checkered romantic past. The reader also becomes familiar with Clara's assistant, Hilary Hickey, and local priest, Father Flynn, who is the object of a female stalker. Soon the employees at the clinic become like family (which is typical Binchy). Readers of her previous novels will also happy to get updates on characters from her books, Evening Class, Scarlet Feather, Quentins, and Whitethorn Woods.