The Baby Doctors

by Janice Macdonald

Book Overview

Dr. Sarah Benedict had tried--but failed--to forget Matt. Even after marrying another man and moving to Central America, she couldn't shake the memories of her childhood chum. She'd grown to realize she loved Dr. Matthew Cameron deeply... Yet to him, she was only the best buddy a guy could ever have. Now, a widow, Sarah's back in Port Hamilton. And Matt's divorced... Can the two best friends get past their polar opposite approaches to medicine and...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373714505
• ISBN13: 9780373714506
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Harlequin Special Releases
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Babies?

Dr. Sarah Benedict has returned to Port Hamilton after working in Central America thinking she can return to small town living and practice medicine. When she returns she finds out the locals are ready to allow CMS to buy their hospital and turn it into a managed care facility. For Sarah this means selling out, and allowing money to be the priority, not the patients who need care. Sarah's best friend from childhood Matt is one of the doctors swaying toward CMS for personal reasons - he needs a break from the stress of being one of the few doctors around to care for emergencies. Matt is the father of a fourteen year old daughter who finds herself put in the position of sharing her father for the first time since her parents divorced. Matt is pulled between his growing attraction to his best friend and his daughter, Lucy. Sarah and Matt make a great team of characters. Their opposite goals and lifestyles make them clash, yet the love and friendship between them is so strong that you wonder what made them think they could ever just be friends. Lucy is a great deterrent for any relationship, her father loves her to death and his need to put her first gives him character and depth that make him the man readers want to love. Throw in that his ex-wife still manages to have a friendship with him despite their past relationship, and that his mother-in-law worships him even after he divorced her daughter and you have the perfect man. Sarah is a great character as well; her flaws are written in ways that made this reader see them as character strengths. She was just flawed enough to make her seem like a great companion and the woman you want to call your best friend. Not quite perfect enough to make you jealous, just perfect enough to love forever. She is great stepmother material and this reviewer rooted for her to get past Lucy's barriers to become her friend. The one thing this reviewer just could not understand about this novel was the title... Maybe she missed something but THE BABY DOCTORS contains no baby? Review Courtesy of LoveRomancesandmore

fine medical romance

Dr. Sarah Benedict spent fifteen years in Central America practicing medicine to the impoverished population. A widow, she has come home to Port Hamilton, Washington knowing that her time away was spent running from her unrequited love for Dr. Matt Cameron. Matt has always treated Sarah as his best friend so she expects to partner with him at the small town hospital. Divorced Matt knows he failed his teen daughter though an emergency caused him to miss her birthday. He considers the practicality of selling and converting the small hospital into a big medical facility that would give him more personal time. However this places him at odds with Sarah who believes big medicine ignores the poor. Although the lead couple is a delightful pairing, an ailing child denied medical care due to an economic decision will hook the audience more than the comparative analysis of big vs. little hospitals or the romance between the doctors. The angle with his teen daughter Lucy seems a bit unnecessary except to somewhat personalize Matt's priorities. Still this is a fine medical romance that brings to life (and death) the failure of the American health system to provide coverage for the working poor. Harriet Klausner