Carmen Green

BET/Arabesque

1-58314-327-0

May 2002

(5) Jeanette Cogdell

Contemporary Romance

RIC Award of Excellence!

PLOT SYNOPSIS: 

Determined to prove to her family she can be independent and mature, Atlanta doctor Shayla Crawford agrees to work for a year at a struggling clinic in impoverished Alberta, Mississippi. But she's not there long when her commitment is challenged by fiery fellow doctor Jake Parker. Now Shayla must discover what she truly values if she is to win the heart of the man she's come to love.

REVIEW: 

It’s amazing the emotions a really good book takes you through.  First of all, it keeps you up all night reading it, flipping those pages as fast as your brain absorbs the words.  Then you’ll find yourself laughing out loud in one chapter and crying in another.  DOCTOR, DOCTOR is that kind of book. It was fast-paced, exciting, and I was sorry to see it end.

With a famous singer for a mother and a doctor for a father, Shayla Crawford has been spoiled and pampered to the point where she is an immature snob.  Recently finishing medical school, she proves that she has no respect for her parent’s home when an out of control party she has ends in disaster.

Coming home early and finding broken furniture, destroyed collectibles and a total mess, her father puts her out of the house and bans her to a poor little rich girl’s hell.  She ends up in rural Mississippi at a rundown clinic housed in a building that should have condemned years ago.

Jake Parker is the residing doctor at his hometown clinic.  He takes one look at Shayla and decides that she won’t last very long before running home to her rich daddy.  Jake’s mission is to save the clinic from closing and for that, he needs not only medical assistance, but financial backing as well.  He doesn’t need this rich girl, playing doctor whom he finds himself suddenly very attracted to.

Burdened by the thought of Shayla being wealthy, Jake decides he has nothing to offer her that would keep her in the lifestyle she is accustomed to.  Shayla wants Jake to look past her status and to love her for the person she is inside.

Ms. Green has done an excellent job creating characters that are strong, well developed and very compatible.  Her secondary characters as well are just as rich and vibrant.  The story is fast-paced, exciting and filled with humor.

This one I read straight through and couldn’t put down.  It is a wonderful story that leaves you yearning for more.  Well-done Ms. Green.  “This” is what this reader likes to see in her romance novels. 

A friend once told me that when you get a good romance novel to enjoy it, because they are few and far between.  I’m savoring this one.

jeanette@romanceincolor.net (25th April 2002)