Dr Tall, Dark...and Dangerous?. Lynne Marshall

       Praise for Lynne Marshall:

       TEMPORARY DOCTOR, SURPRISE FATHER

      ‘A touching, tender and engrossing Medical™ Romance,

       TEMPORARY DOCTOR, SURPRISE FATHER is a wonderful story which I devoured in a single sitting! Don’t miss this talented storyteller’s enchanting tale of second chances, devastating secrets and the redeeming power of love!’ —CataRomance.com

      ‘Lynne Marshall’s excellent writing skills

       lend excitement and credibility to this story … The tension between Jan and Beck is realistic, and keeps you reading to the very end. A very satisfactory end!’ —The Pink Heart Society Reviews

       “Maybe we should lay down some rules with this thing—” she gestured with her hand back and forth between them “—we’ve got going.”

      “Such as?”

      “No showing up out of the blue.”

      “What’s the fun in that?”

      “Okay,” she said. “How about you don’t have to feel obligated to call me the next day?”

      “Unless I want to?”

      “Unless you want to.”

      “On this list of rules of yours, is there a limit on how often I can see you?”

      “That’s a good question.”

      “Did I tell you I hate lists?”

      “We can skip the list, but I feel like we need some ground rules.”

      “I’ve lived by ground rules my entire life,” he said. “Just once I’d like to wing it.”

      “You mean, just see how it goes?”

      “A novel idea. Let’s do that.”

       Dear Reader

      It’s wonderful to have another Medical™ Romance out, and DR TALL, DARK… AND DANGEROUS? is very special to me. I got the story idea while visiting my daughter in Boston, so I decided to use the lovely New England town as my setting.

      I’ve often heard that our attitudes are the single most important influence in our lives, so I set out to prove it by giving Kasey one huge hardship with which to grapple. At first she feels defeated when she learns devastating news, but lying down and giving up isn’t her style. Instead, she decides to take another path—a more active approach, if you will—one that involves a certain aloof plastic surgeon.

      Kasey is a savvy Nurse Practitioner who runs the small Everett Community Clinic. She is well aware of the phenomenon of cause and effect, or in her case actions and consequences, yet under her new circumstances she casts her cares to the wind and makes a play for that plastic surgeon anyway. Little does she know that she is precisely what Jared needs at the perfect time in his life.

      I’ve heard other sayings throughout my life—that good often comes from bad circumstances, or difficulties can enlighten us and make us stronger individuals—and, well, I’ll let you read the book and decide if you agree with me about that or not…

      I hope you enjoy Kasey and Jared’s book—a story about two people who really deserve each other!

      All the best

       Lynne

      Visit Lynne Marshall’s website here: www.lynnemarshall.com and watch out for her weekly blog.

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      About the Author

      LYNNE MARSHALL has been a Registered Nurse in a large California hospital for over twenty-five years. She has now taken the leap to writing full-time, but still volunteers at her local community hospital. After writing the book of her heart in 2000, she discovered the wonderful world of Mills & Boon^® Medical™ Romance, where she feels the freedom to write the stories she loves. She is happily married, has two fantastic grown children, and a socially challenged rescued dog. Besides her passion for writing Medical™ Romance, she loves to travel and read. Thanks to the family dog, she takes long walks every day!

      To find out more about Lynne, please visit her website: www.lynnemarshallweb.com

       Recent titles by this author:

      THE CHRISTMAS BABY BUMP

       THE HEART DOCTOR AND THE BABY THE BOSS AND NURSE ALBRIGHT TEMPORARY DOCTOR, SURPRISE FATHER

       These books are also available in eBook format from www.millsandboon.co.uk

      Dr Tall,

      Dark…and Dangerous? Lynne Marshall

       www.millsandboon.co.uk

      DEDICATION

      Heartfelt thanks to Sally, for keeping in touch and

       encouraging me, and to Sheila for welcoming me back.

      Also, special thanks to my daughter Emily,

       for being my first reader on this book, and for her input regarding Boston.

      CHAPTER ONE

      KASEY waved toward Vincent Clark in the clinic hallway. A baby cried in the background. “Room three,” she said. “Mrs. Gardner needs the second shot in her hepatitis B series.”

      Nine in the morning and already the small clinic’s waiting room was full. A newborn needed his six-week examination; a toddler’s allergies were flaring up with spring and the coming grass season; a teenage mother needed counseling on diet; a senior citizen’s diabetes wasn’t under control. On and on went the list, making Kasey wish she had forty-eight hours in her day.

      Although today she welcomed the non-stop regimen and distractions.

      “I’ll get right on it,” Vincent said, grabbing his laptop, flashing his killer smile.

      She forced a phony grin, since smiling was the last thing she felt like doing. He deserved no less, and she didn’t believe in dumping her foul mood on others. Charming, bright and sensitive, not to mention well groomed and fit, Vincent was everything Kasey looked for in a man, or used to, anyway. The catch was she wasn’t her RN and assistant clinic administrator’s type, because he was gay.

      Besides, she’d given up on finding Mr. Right. Her last big love had told her he loved her one weekend and the next said that whatever he’d said last week he didn’t feel any more. What was a girl supposed to do with that? In reality, men had never stuck around for her or her mother. Since good old Arnie had broken her heart two years ago, her motto had been to keep it superficial all the way—no investment; no pain. It wasn’t everything she’d hoped for in life, but it would have to do.

      Vincent patted her shoulder as he passed. They adored each other in a strictly platonic way, the perfect working situation, and he was a good friend, one she could depend on. Since she’d put so much time and energy into her job over the last few years, she could count her friends on two fingers, sad but factual. As an RN, she believed in facts.

      Besides, she wasn’t in the market for a partner, and had given up looking, especially now, since she’d gotten the horrible news about her birth father. What would be the point of getting involved with anyone for the long haul?

      She dashed to her desk to look for the notes on the toddler she’d seen last week, and found six more patient messages.

      What would Vincent think