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Pediatrician Wes Gordon will do just about anything to escape his grief. When opportunity knocks, he signs on to work at a hospital in a tent camp in Haiti. One night while returning to his quarters, he comes across a gang of kids attempting to set fire to an underage rentboy and intervenes, taking the injured René under his wing. At the hospital, diplomat Anthony Crowley tells Wes that the kids involved in the attack are from prominent families and trying to hold them responsible will cause a firestorm.

In spite of the official position Anthony must take, Wes’s compassion captures his attention. Anthony pursues him, and they grow closer during the stolen moments between Anthony’s assignments, escaping earthquake destruction for glimpses of Caribbean paradise. When Wes realizes the only way to save René is to adopt him, Anthony is supportive, but time is running out: Wes must leave the country, and Anthony is called out on a dangerous secret mission. Now Wes must face adopting a boy from Haiti who has no papers without the support of the one person he’s come to rely on most and may never see again.

 

Book Review

‘Heart Without Borders’ is the perfect title for this story about pediatrician Wes Gordon, whose heart is bigger than imaginable and enables him to ignore the artificial borders that are man-made. Life certainly raises many obstacles in his way, be it a lover who dies or the seemingly insurmountable bureaucratic barriers stopping him from saving the teenaged boy he finds in Haiti. But Wes is irrepressible, and Anthony, the man he falls for, is exactly the same way. This is an intense story about love, hope, and the rewards doing the right thing can bring. It is also about taking people into your heart, humanity despite more cruelty than should be legal, and never, ever giving up.

Wes has not had it easy. He has lost a lover, the man he thought he would build a life with, to cancer, and for a while all he can do is bury himself in work. Going to Haiti with Doctors without Borders is a way for him to run from his pain, but at the same time helping people who really need him is a way for Wes to reconnect with life. He is a compassionate man, so every patient he sees is important to him. But when he saves René from being set afire by a group of hateful homophobes, a special bond develops between him and the teenager. It takes Wes a while to recognize the parental feelings, but once he does, there is no stopping him.

Anthony is a diplomat and he tries to warn Wes to stay out of everything at first. But Wes won’t budge, and Anthony turns out to be anything but a diplomat. He is mysterious, can’t talk about what he really does, but it’s clear to Wes that he must be some sort of a secret agent or spy. Between the feelings that develop between them and trying to manage René’s potential adoption, Wes has his hands full. I was with him every step of the way, and the emotions came close to overwhelming me more than once.

If you like intense stories full of emotional suspense, if you enjoy reading about men who will do anything in their power to help others, and if you’re looking for a read that will sweep you into a different world, then you will probably like this novel as much as I did. It’s a remarkable story that touched me deeply, and Wes, Anthony, and René will stay with me for a very long time.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook and print
Length	Novel, 200 pages/62105 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	30-August-2013
Price	$6.99 ebook, $14.99 paperback, $14.99 bundle
Buy Link	https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/a-heart-without-borders-by-andrew-grey-5291-b