Just because Kate Salinger was a globe trotting risktaker in search of hot new extreme sports, didn't mean she didn't like coming home and finding everything as familiar as how she left it. Unfortunately for Katie, things in real life are not as glued down as how they were in her memory of life in her hometown of Lone Oaks, Kansas. So when she arrives to recuperated at home, all the talk of her newly remarried father moving to a new house more in line with her Dad's new wife and former housekeeper, Claudia's taste, only left a sour taste in hers.

Despite the fact that she was supposed to be resting to recover from her kayak injuries, Kate just had to get out of the house and went rollerblading. Not the brightest idea in the world, according to Dr. Fletcher, when Katie went to see her old trusted family physician to get her injury re-stitched. Only this wasn't the congenial old Dr. Fletcher, but a cold and stuffy, although quite good looking, new Dr. Fletcher who was disapprovingly reviewing her lengthy medical file of old injuries.

Katie thought that there was no way she was going to be bothering with Dr. Noah Fletcher, but when she got scant information about his heroic lifesaving work in Africa, her journalistic instincts burned to get the rest of the story.

Meanwhile, with the "For sale" sign on the front lawn stabbing her in her heart and afraid to lose her memories of her mother when the house would be sold, Katie when off to stay with her sister who seemed a bit distracted with problems of her own to be a help to Katie.

When none other than the risk adverse Noah Fletcher turns out to be the potential buyer for Katie's family home, her tactics to distract him from buying the house only piques his interest not only in the house, but with her.

But how far out on the limb can Noah go to reach the heights that the adrenaline addicted Katie aspires to go? Despite enjoying the hot melting kisses Katie uses to find out more Noah's secret past, will physical attraction alone be enough to keep her grounded?

Amy Knupp will amaze you with this intriguing tale of two unlikely lovers who have to find their own way past the fears that drive them to their destiny. Their journey is also superbly set within the context of how one deals with loss, especially the love of a loss of a family home and how to retain the memories when the physical reminders are gone. Any packrat will be instantly empathic with the emotional toil involved!

This is a captivating read with lots of life's complexities involved, which I just love. The only wee disappointment I had with the storyline was when Noah continuing to provide medical care for Katie he started to fall for her, as it seemed unethical. Given that, as indicated by the title the fact that Noah is a doctor is very central to the complexities of emotions in the story. I am sure you will enjoy!