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Paradise, Colorado #1
Mending the Doctor's Heart
Rivals of the Heart
A new job in Paradise, Colorado, seems like the perfect fresh start for Dr. Ben Rogers. Only problem is, Dr. Sara Elliott has been counting on getting the same job. Once they negotiate a shared trial run, Ben expects working with Sara to be less than pleasant. Instead, he finds himself drawn to her. She's dedicated and compassionate, exactly the type of woman he used to want—when family was an option. Yet Ben is surprised to learn that Sara's life is just as emotionally complicated as his own. And if there isn't room for both of them at work, how can they make room for each other in their hearts?
A new job in Paradise, Colorado, seems like the perfect fresh start for Dr. Ben Rogers. Only problem is, Dr. Sara Elliott has been counting on getting the same job. Once they negotiate a shared trial run, Ben expects working with Sara to be less than pleasant. Instead, he finds himself drawn to her. She's dedicated and compassionate, exactly the type of woman he used to want—when family was an option. Yet Ben is surprised to learn that Sara's life is just as emotionally complicated as his own. And if there isn't room for both of them at work, how can they make room for each other in their hearts?
224 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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May 5, 2023
Sweet story, nice characters.
January 2, 2020
This is the perfect inspirational romance! Mending the Doctor's Heart is centered on two doctors who are in opposition professionally but drawn together personally. I loved learning more about Ben and Sara as they overcome past hurt and insecurities, and the medical aspect was well done and added to the story. Even the secondary characters were a blast to get to know!
A heart-warming and well-written charmer, Mending the Doctor's Heart is a must read for fans of inspirational romance.
A heart-warming and well-written charmer, Mending the Doctor's Heart is a must read for fans of inspirational romance.
January 7, 2026
3.5 stars rounded up to 4
March 17, 2013
Inspirational romance needs more medical love stories. Growing up in a family with medical professionals, serving as a chaplain, and having family members deal with their own health dramas made me long for a contemporary romance that was more than a medical procedural, including faith in the equation. A book where doctors are heroic but don't think of themselves as "gods." Lives are saved but souls are also healed. I longed to read a love story about the way life events create healers, especially wounded healers. But I also wanted to read a medical story that made me happy and did not pull me through a wringer. A tall order for sure but Mending the Doctor's Heart fulfills all the above requirements.
Tina Radcliffe has written a gem of a story about a wonderfully likable couple, Doctors Sara Elliott and Ben Rogers, both wounded healers, both with hearts filled with compassion. The story moves briskly and is realistic. The author does a stellar job of painting the challenges of rural medicine and creating a small town full of marvelous secondary characters set in a land full of beauty. Here is hoping this is only the first of medical romances set in Paradise, Colorado.
Tina Radcliffe has written a gem of a story about a wonderfully likable couple, Doctors Sara Elliott and Ben Rogers, both wounded healers, both with hearts filled with compassion. The story moves briskly and is realistic. The author does a stellar job of painting the challenges of rural medicine and creating a small town full of marvelous secondary characters set in a land full of beauty. Here is hoping this is only the first of medical romances set in Paradise, Colorado.
April 5, 2013
I have been a fan of TINA RADCLIFFE’S writing for some time. Her book, THE RANCHER’S REUNION, being my favorite. The characters first encounter is one of the most memorable character moments for me.
Dr. Ben Rogers seeks a new job in a new town, in hopes of a new life. Everything seems to be in place. That is until he meets the beautiful Sara Elliott. Dr. Sara Elliott that is. A woman in line for the same position Ben moved to Paradise, Colorado, for. Ben has a heart that needs mending, and though Sara has some things to sort out in her own life, she may be just the person to do it.
Once again, TINA RADCLIFFE has written a story with unique and witty lines. The detail to the medial aspect draws you in, with a few twist and surprises along the way.
Dr. Ben Rogers seeks a new job in a new town, in hopes of a new life. Everything seems to be in place. That is until he meets the beautiful Sara Elliott. Dr. Sara Elliott that is. A woman in line for the same position Ben moved to Paradise, Colorado, for. Ben has a heart that needs mending, and though Sara has some things to sort out in her own life, she may be just the person to do it.
Once again, TINA RADCLIFFE has written a story with unique and witty lines. The detail to the medial aspect draws you in, with a few twist and surprises along the way.
March 13, 2014
Loved this sweet romance between two conflicted doctors. The Colorado setting came to life, and I enjoyed the choices Ben and Sara had to make. A very satisfying love story! I'll be reading more by this talented author!
July 11, 2024
Mending the Doctor's Heart is a Paradise, Colorado story.
Ben arrives in Paradise thinking he has been hired as the director of the new health clinic. Sara is a Paradise native who left town escaping heartbreak, returning to care for her father and start the job as director of the new health clinic. They work together to open the clinic, the directorship to be determined at the time of opening.
Paradise and its residence work their magic on Ben, healing a heartache. Sara is opening her heart again.
I highly recommend this story of second chances and learning where you belong.
Ben arrives in Paradise thinking he has been hired as the director of the new health clinic. Sara is a Paradise native who left town escaping heartbreak, returning to care for her father and start the job as director of the new health clinic. They work together to open the clinic, the directorship to be determined at the time of opening.
Paradise and its residence work their magic on Ben, healing a heartache. Sara is opening her heart again.
I highly recommend this story of second chances and learning where you belong.
December 21, 2025
I love it
This was such a wonderful western romance. Tina Radcliffe is a very talented author! This book Mending the Doctors Heart was so moving and heartfelt. She draws you into the story from the first page and you feel like you are there with them. I was so invested in this book and what was happening I stayed up way to late till I finished it. This book was like a really good Hallmark western movie. I highly recommend any book written by this author.
This was such a wonderful western romance. Tina Radcliffe is a very talented author! This book Mending the Doctors Heart was so moving and heartfelt. She draws you into the story from the first page and you feel like you are there with them. I was so invested in this book and what was happening I stayed up way to late till I finished it. This book was like a really good Hallmark western movie. I highly recommend any book written by this author.
January 26, 2026
Rural doctors...so needed
Tina Rat life's book is so good. A great read. I read it in an afternoon. So needed. Overbearing dad/rancher, two docs needing God to heal broken hearts and a mutt who rounds out the trio. Working to set up a rural clinic to help save lives. Get this book and see how God works things for good.
Tina Rat life's book is so good. A great read. I read it in an afternoon. So needed. Overbearing dad/rancher, two docs needing God to heal broken hearts and a mutt who rounds out the trio. Working to set up a rural clinic to help save lives. Get this book and see how God works things for good.
August 16, 2018
Loved reading about Ben and Sara next?
January 19, 2022
A sweet romance to start the Paradise series. Ben and Sara are good characters and the story was an easy and quick read. Enjoyed.
July 1, 2013
Paradise, Colorado, is a small town of approximately eighteen hundred people, all of whom know each other and can identify strangers on sight. They’re all honest, hardworking, salt-of-the-earth people that anyone would be glad to call friends. It’s here that Drs. Ben Rogers and Sara Elliott fall in love.
The city is opening a much-needed rural clinic for the populace, and it’s funded by Hollis Elliott (The Cattle King) and Dr. Sara Elliott, his daughter, is assumed to be the front-runner for the position of director. The clinic is currently being run by her uncle, Dr. Henry Rhoades. However, unbeknownst to Sara, Dr. Rhoades has invited Dr. Ben Rogers to interview for the position of director and asks that Sara and Ben share the job duties for eight weeks, after which he will make a decision as to which doctor will stay in Paradise.
Sara and Ben make a great couple; they’re intelligent, witty, and humble. Sara fears that her father is trying to run her life and Hollis is written this way: he believes that money can buy anything, including people and their loyalty. Ben is trying to forgive himself for his sister’s death and is somewhat estranged from his physician parents, who are also missionaries.
The author is a former RN, so there is a lot of medical information sprinkled throughout the story. It’s actually pretty neat to see the difference between practicing medicine in a city and in the rural Colorado mountains, which present their own set of challenges. There’s a good scene where Ben and Sara help a motorcyclist who’s had an accident by splinting his broken leg with sticks.
The city is opening a much-needed rural clinic for the populace, and it’s funded by Hollis Elliott (The Cattle King) and Dr. Sara Elliott, his daughter, is assumed to be the front-runner for the position of director. The clinic is currently being run by her uncle, Dr. Henry Rhoades. However, unbeknownst to Sara, Dr. Rhoades has invited Dr. Ben Rogers to interview for the position of director and asks that Sara and Ben share the job duties for eight weeks, after which he will make a decision as to which doctor will stay in Paradise.
Sara and Ben make a great couple; they’re intelligent, witty, and humble. Sara fears that her father is trying to run her life and Hollis is written this way: he believes that money can buy anything, including people and their loyalty. Ben is trying to forgive himself for his sister’s death and is somewhat estranged from his physician parents, who are also missionaries.
The author is a former RN, so there is a lot of medical information sprinkled throughout the story. It’s actually pretty neat to see the difference between practicing medicine in a city and in the rural Colorado mountains, which present their own set of challenges. There’s a good scene where Ben and Sara help a motorcyclist who’s had an accident by splinting his broken leg with sticks.
November 3, 2015
Meeting the town of Paradise was nothing short of sweet. Immediately, the author caught my attention as Dr. Ben Rogers and Dr. Sara Elliot were thrown into saving a man who was choking while at the town restaurant. And immediately, you are engaged with this couple as they work together to see in the end who gets to be director of the new center.
Sara had a tragic past, and it was sad to read about and imagine the events that took place years before this story. I loved, loved, loved her uncle - such a strong character and a man who was able to help Ben through his own personal tragedy.
The author's new series holds a lot of promise. So far, there are three books in this series, and I've just started the second book. I noticed that there is a fourth one coming out in January, and I cannot wait to read it!
Sara had a tragic past, and it was sad to read about and imagine the events that took place years before this story. I loved, loved, loved her uncle - such a strong character and a man who was able to help Ben through his own personal tragedy.
The author's new series holds a lot of promise. So far, there are three books in this series, and I've just started the second book. I noticed that there is a fourth one coming out in January, and I cannot wait to read it!
August 12, 2016
Very nice story of Sara and Ben, two doctors competing for the same position in the town of Paradise, Colorado. Ben arrives in Paradise just in time to perform the Heimlich maneuver and save a man's life. When he arrives at the clinic for his interview, he discovers his competitor is Sara, whose father donated a large sum of money to the clinic and whose uncle is doing the hiring. Still in mourning after the death of his sister, Ben stays in town, hoping against hope that he will receive adequate consideration for the job as Sara finds herself more and more attracted to a man she hopes won't cave into her father like her last fiance did when promised a share of her father's ranch if he married her.
I liked the medical details, and I liked the friendliness of the town. Who wouldn't want a cinnamon roll at Patti Jo's (if this weren't a fictional town!)?
Highly recommended.
I liked the medical details, and I liked the friendliness of the town. Who wouldn't want a cinnamon roll at Patti Jo's (if this weren't a fictional town!)?
Highly recommended.
April 25, 2014
This is a wonderful romantic read. Definitely a 4 star and pushing for a five. I love the characters. Especially worthy of mention is the church's women's auxiliary group. Oh, and the stray dog named Mutt. Some exciting conflict but love triumphs. Old hurts are healed, and tragedy issues are dealt with on the way to a sweet romance.
February 3, 2015
This is the first book that I have read from Tina Radcliffe and I will be reading more of her books. This is a love story between Sara and Ben. They have alot of things in their past that they need to deal with before their relationship can move forward.
I received this book in exchange for an honest review.
I received this book in exchange for an honest review.
August 4, 2014
"Mending the Doctor's Heart" is sweet romance with loveable characters, a beautiful setting, and intriguing problems. A classic Love Inspired story. I think my favorite character was Mutt. :) Really enjoyed it.
May 30, 2015
My first time reading Tina and I loved her story!! Superb characters, unbelievable detail and realistic trials. Uplifting reminders of how to rely on the Lord and his love! I can't wait to read more of her works!
March 31, 2013
This is one of my all time favorite love inspired books. I do hope that this becomes one many medical books.
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December 29, 2014Category: Inspirational Romance
May 14, 2013
A lovely tale of two professionals with history that warmed and held me with its natural,insightful story flow.
June 27, 2016
Just love these books and their stories!!!
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July 17, 2017I liked this book in which I read.
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