Harlequin Medical
Featuring: Dr Matt Bishop; Dr Bertie Clark
256 pages ISBN: 0373070195 EAN: 9780373070190 Kindle: B00O92PR5I Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
While I have only read a couple of medical romances I was
looking for something for St Valentine's Day. With a title
like A DATE WITH HER VALENTINE DOC we have a good idea
what
to expect from this adult romance. Could there be any
surprises in store?
A lady called Bertie, short for Beatrix, has certainly had
a surprise. She's just back at work in a London hospital
after what was supposed to be her honeymoon. Her groom
backed out just before the wedding, and she went off red-
faced and didn't tell anyone at the new job. Bertie,
otherwise known as Doctor Clark, works in the Intensive
Care Unit and the new director arrived in her absence. Dr
Matt Bishop has a job to do, getting the department within
budget for a change, and no time for small talk. Anyway,
Bertie would rather talk about her research project on
stress reduction at the unit, than about herself.
Bertie's new boss is less than supportive, but I doubted
that a doctor would be so unprofessional as to verbally
abuse him. I'll just put it down to Bertie herself being
under considerable emotional stress, and counsel others
not
to do the same. The hospital routine is quite thoroughly
described, including operations and the lack of time any
staff can find at a teaching hospital to chat with anxious
relatives. Bertie tries to make the experience easier for
everyone, given that patients and relatives often arrive
in
complete shock. There's no time to have a heart-to-heart
with her colleagues, and anyway she's too embarrassed to
admit the truth, especially to Matt. Then she's appointed
to run a St Valentine's Day fundraiser ball. Now she feels
a total sham.
This is a fun story with well-described locations, which
would give anyone considering a hospital career a good
idea
of what to expect. There are entertaining exchanges,
mainly
to do with dog-minding, while Bertie had an unconventional
childhood and keeps recalling how her parents did without
electricity or schools for several years. I think it's
worth reflecting that despite these earnest people's
desire
to raise children free from capitalism, the world needs
doctors. And, I have to say, A DATE WITH HER VALENTINE DOC
by Melanie Milburne is a pretty sexy book.
Three rules for dealing with Dr. Matt Bishop, my new boss:
No one, least of all Matt, must find out the truth about
my being jilted at the altar!
Just because Matt inspires some seriously X-rated
thoughts, he's my boss and is 100% off-limits.
Working on the hospital's St. Valentine's Day Ball with
him might sound like fun, but with all these sparks flying
around I must remain calm, aloof and professional…
But Valentine's Day is nearly here—surely a girl deserves
a little fun! What harm could there be in just one kiss…?
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