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She was hired to rebuild his reputation…
But will this doc be too hot to handle?
After successfully fighting a year-long lawsuit, handsome and rebellious surgeon Rex Maxwell is ready to get back on top of his game! So when buttoned-up but beautiful PR exec Tiffani Romano insists on making him the centre of his hospital’s campaign he reluctantly agrees. And even though she tries hard not to let him, Rex is determined to get under her skin…
SUSAN CARLISLE’s love affair with books began in the sixth grade, when she made a bad grade in mathematics. Not allowed to watch TV until she’d brought the grade up, Susan filled her time with books. She turned her love of reading into a passion for writing, and now has over ten Medical Romances published through Mills & Boon. She writes about hot, sexy docs and the strong women who captivate them. Visit SusanCarlisle.com.
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Redeeming the Rebel Doc
Susan Carlisle
ISBN: 978-1-474-07497-1
REDEEMING THE REBEL DOC
© 2018 Susan Carlisle
Published in Great Britain 2018
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To Jeanie,
I couldn’t have asked for a better sister-in-law.
Contents
“RETRACTOR!” SNAPPED Dr. Rex Maxwell.
His surgical nurse quickly placed it in his palm.
“We need to find this bleeder. Suction.” With a gentle movement, Rex lifted the liver as his assistant, standing across the OR table from him at Metropolitan Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, obeyed his command.
Rex watched intently for any sign of red liquid. This patient had come through the emergency department the night before and one of his colleagues had patched the man up but the patient wasn’t recovering as he should. His midsection had swelled. There was internal bleeding. Rex was known as the “go-to man” who handled hard-to-find problems like this. He didn’t disappoint. Confident in his skills as a surgeon, his success rate had proved him more than competent. Except in one case.
His heart jumped as he spotted the problem. “Found it. Sutures.”
“That figures. You find them when no one else can,” the anesthesiologist said, admiration in his tone.
Rex looked over his mask at the man. “Thanks.”
Over the next few minutes Rex repaired the leak. He was almost finished when the phone on the wall rang. A nurse answered. Seconds later she hung up. “Rex,