The Doctor's Daughter

Men of Glory #4

by Judith Bowen

A cowboy town in cowboy country. This is a place a woman could love. These are men a woman could love!

Virginia Lake left town more than a decade ago - after a memorable night with a man her parents forbade her to see. Lucas Yellowfly, they said, was a troublemaker. Off-limits. Half-Native American and from the wrong side of town, he wasn't good enough for Dr. and Mrs. Lake. But now...everything's changed. Now Lucas is a successful lawyer in Glory. Practically a pillar of society.

And now Virginia's back, a single mother with a five-year-old son. She's looking for a job - and Lucas finds he needs someone with exactly her qualifications. Because he's always been half in love with the doctor's daughter.

He's finally got the chance to convince her that this man from Glory will make a good husband...and a good father. Her reasons for marrying him might have more to do with need than with love, but things can change. Who knows that better than Lucas Yellowfly?

Genres: Romance, Contemporary, Harlequin

296 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published April 1, 1999

About the author

Judith Bowen was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and grew up in a logging camp in the Rocky Mountain foothills. She had many friends who lived on farms and ranches, a fact to which she attributes her love of the outdoors and of rural life. She bought her first horse at age 12 with money saved from allowances, gifts, and odd jobs—the horse only cost $60 and was fresh off the range! Luckily he was a sweetie, and she trained him and rode him until she left high school.

Judith holds a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Carleton University, Ottawa, and worked for newspapers and magazines, before writing fiction. She was published since 1990 by Harlequin. Her Men of Glory miniseries, set around small-town Alberta, arose directly from her experience of going to school in a small town and living in small towns all over Canada. She has lived in many of Canada's provinces, from Prince Edward Island to B.C., and writes from the heart, of people who live on the land that she knows best.

Judith currently lives in Ladner, British Columbia, is married, with three children, and spends every day of the working week at her word processor, writing the stories she loves, and is also a member of many writing and arts organizations. Weekends and summers are for family.

Reviews

[Wendy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A quick easy read! Nice Summer reading in between my Book Club books. Tells the story of a young woman who comes back to town to raise her child, who was the product of being raped by her old high school boyfriend who doesn't know about the child. She falls in love with and marries someone else her parents didn't like her dating in high school. Even though she is madly in love with her husband, she still has problems in her marriage and then the high school boyfriend re-enters the picture. Much happens but the marriage stays intact and they live happily ever after!

[Caro · Rating 2 out of 5]

Another ok read. This was written well. The characters were ok but I didn't really connect with the personalities or really understand them. I did like the kids though. There was a lot that seemed kinda like a gray area and not many things that were black-and-white. Overall, an ok book but I wouldn't read it again. Good Luck

[Jordan Michaels · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a pretty good romance. I wasn't prepared for the Rape or the PTSD in it and it brought up some bad memories of my own life, but once I was able to get past that I enjoyed it very much.