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Book Blurb

Dr. Natalie Jenner’s life is going exactly according to plan. She has the house, the family, and the perfect job. On paper, she has it all. But when she meets Charlie Thompson, the charming young paramedic, that perfect life is shaken inside out. Natalie quickly realizes what she’s feeling for Charlie can’t be explained by anything other than love. Natalie wages a war not only with death in the emergency room, but also with herself, as she navigates the consequences of a life with Charlie. The more the two battle to save lives together, the more in love they fall. But will Natalie be brave enough to face losing the security of the life she’s always known? Or will she face losing Charlie instead?

 

Book Review

This is a very intriguing, beguiling, and amusing story about an unusual up and down courtship of sorts. For one there is a woman, who is a doctor, married to a fairly bland guy, but he loves their premature daughter as if she were the center of the universe. Another woman is a new in-house medic at the same hospital where the female doctor works. Let the sort-of-courtship begin!

Dr. Natalie Jenner pretty much grew up in awe of her dad and followed in his footsteps. She is even a doctor at the same hospital where he worked. Additionally, it doesn't sound like Natalie is madly in love with her husband. Actually, it seems as if she married just because she was reaching that *age*. This is the first clue that perhaps Natalie may not be completely aware of her true orientation. Second clue is how intense her feelings are for the new medic at the hospital. However, since she is not really clued in, it is hard to be positive about what is happening for quite a while. She does seem to have some extremely overwhelming and possessive feelings for this new female medic. This most definitely fuels one of the oddest kind of romances I have ever read. Nevertheless, I found it incredibly engaging. It is really a blast. Marvelous!

Charlie, Carol Anne Thompson, appears to be a successful and captivating player in the modest local lesbian social scene in a semi-bustling small community in Rhode Island. She makes no bones about being out. Perhaps, since she is so astoundingly proficient at her job, she doesn't seem to cause any uncomfortable ripples because of her sexual orientation. Curiously, it does seem that Charlie is a bit smitten with Natalie, but does eventually find Natalie's odd interest/non-interest tiring and bewildering. One of several mysteries about Charlie is what happened in regard to her nearly full scholarship to Dartmouth medical school many years ago. Charlie certainly shies away from this topic, other cohorts are curious, and Natalie is positively fervent about getting to the heart of that piece of history. I adored Charlie for how marvelously sensitive she was about what I would have to call Natalie's extreme preoccupation with everything about her. Charlie is fantastic. Magnificent!

This book was unquestionable a lot of fun. The on-again, off-again, then sometimes totally on to be once again being totally off, relationship between Natalie and Charlie ingeniously unfolded in between all the medical emergencies and employee downtime activities. Plus Natalie's little girl Samantha, affectionately called Sammy, provided a whole host of gosh-oh-golly moments and adoring adult adulation. She is a wonderful and charming defusing character that provided some magical balance. This is a winner. It should not be missed. Delightful!

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook and print
Length	Novel, 240 pages/63500 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	01-September-2014
Price	$9.99 ebook, $16.95 paperback, $19.99 bundle
Buy Link	http://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/9781626391871e.html