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Risking It All for a Second Chance
Is the doctor’s unexpected week with her ex a recipe for love or disaster? Find out in this reunion romance by Annie Claydon!
Can a charity car rally…
…drive these exes back together?
A week with an ex sounds like a nightmare, but it’s Dr. Emma’s reality when her partner in a charity classic car rally bails last minute. Now, with surgeon Josh acting as her replacement navigator, the confined space forces them to confront just what went wrong between them. And as tensions mount, so does the temptation to start right where they left off!
From Harlequin Life and love in the world of modern medicine.
Miracle Medics
Book 1: How to Heal the Surgeon's Heart by Ann McIntosh
Book 2: Risking It All for a Second Chance by Annie Claydon
Can a charity car rally…
…drive these exes back together?
A week with an ex sounds like a nightmare, but it’s Dr. Emma’s reality when her partner in a charity classic car rally bails last minute. Now, with surgeon Josh acting as her replacement navigator, the confined space forces them to confront just what went wrong between them. And as tensions mount, so does the temptation to start right where they left off!
From Harlequin Life and love in the world of modern medicine.
Miracle Medics
Book 1: How to Heal the Surgeon's Heart by Ann McIntosh
Book 2: Risking It All for a Second Chance by Annie Claydon
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published January 25, 2022
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January 19, 2022
I would like to thank Netgalley, Mills and Boon and Annie Claydon for the e arc cop of this book.
Dr Emma is taking part in a charity car rally in a mini that was her father’s pride and joy. All is going well until she has to change navigators. Her new navigator is Josh – her ex. Can being confined to a small car help them remember what they loved about each other or will they be glad to see the back of each other at the end?
A well-paced book, with great characters. I loved that we get to see what happens after the rally ends and get a glimpse into the world of organ transplant surgery.
Would recommend this book.
Dr Emma is taking part in a charity car rally in a mini that was her father’s pride and joy. All is going well until she has to change navigators. Her new navigator is Josh – her ex. Can being confined to a small car help them remember what they loved about each other or will they be glad to see the back of each other at the end?
A well-paced book, with great characters. I loved that we get to see what happens after the rally ends and get a glimpse into the world of organ transplant surgery.
Would recommend this book.
July 7, 2022
RISKING IT ALL FOR A SECOND CHANCE by Annie Claydon was Harlequin Medical Romance #1226 (Feb. 2022) and the second part of a story arc titled "Miracle Medics." (The first part was How to Heal the Surgeon's Heart by Ann McIntosh, which I've not read.) This is the third novel by Annie Claydon that I've read, and I enjoyed it. The first half of the book deals with a vintage car rally through villages in Wales and England sponsored by the GDK Foundation in order to raise awareness and get blood donations. One of the vintage car drivers is our heroine, Dr. Emma Owen, who due to unforseen circumstances has to share her vehicle with an old flame, Dr. Josh Kennedy, the adopted son of David Kennedy who runs GDK. So right away we have the "forced proximity" trope. They share the ride with David Kennedy's dog Griff who helps to break the tension between them and provide some welcome comic relief and overall cuteness. Along the way, when they encounter an accident on the road, they are able to use their medical knowledge to help the victims.
At first I wondered if the "medical" angle of this medical romance would be downplayed, given the "on the road" setting, but the car rally plotline is wrapped up by page 126, so the rest of the novel takes us back to London where Emma and Josh work together at his hospital. (Unfortunately Griff goes back with David after the car rally, and therefore is absent from the rest of the book.) Emma is working at the hospital only temporarily, intending to soon move back to her home in Liverpool, believing that a serious relationship with Josh is impractical -- despite the fact that they've resumed their romantic and sexual involvement with each other. Josh has a fear of the pattern in his life of people abandoning him (as his biological father did) and Emma dislikes Josh's desire to control the things around him. Eventually things work out (despite the obligatory third-act breakup, when she goes back to Liverpool) and there is a charming chapter near the end about their exchange of postcards in the mail which they use to help reassure each other of their continued interest.
A gay male couple is introduced in the liver-donation sub-plot (in the novel's second half) although the fact that they are gay is not actually mentioned, but implied. I was reminded of the first Annie Claydon novel I'd read (Forbidden Night with the Duke, 2018) which also had a gay male couple in a similarly subtle manner. This may be Claydon's way of expanding the types of characters depicted in Harlequin romance novels, and if so that is admirable. While this novel is no literary masterpiece, it's enjoyable and entertaining. Annie Claydon is a good writer and I enjoy reading her work. I rate this novel 3.5 (out of 5) stars.
At first I wondered if the "medical" angle of this medical romance would be downplayed, given the "on the road" setting, but the car rally plotline is wrapped up by page 126, so the rest of the novel takes us back to London where Emma and Josh work together at his hospital. (Unfortunately Griff goes back with David after the car rally, and therefore is absent from the rest of the book.) Emma is working at the hospital only temporarily, intending to soon move back to her home in Liverpool, believing that a serious relationship with Josh is impractical -- despite the fact that they've resumed their romantic and sexual involvement with each other. Josh has a fear of the pattern in his life of people abandoning him (as his biological father did) and Emma dislikes Josh's desire to control the things around him. Eventually things work out (despite the obligatory third-act breakup, when she goes back to Liverpool) and there is a charming chapter near the end about their exchange of postcards in the mail which they use to help reassure each other of their continued interest.
A gay male couple is introduced in the liver-donation sub-plot (in the novel's second half) although the fact that they are gay is not actually mentioned, but implied. I was reminded of the first Annie Claydon novel I'd read (Forbidden Night with the Duke, 2018) which also had a gay male couple in a similarly subtle manner. This may be Claydon's way of expanding the types of characters depicted in Harlequin romance novels, and if so that is admirable. While this novel is no literary masterpiece, it's enjoyable and entertaining. Annie Claydon is a good writer and I enjoy reading her work. I rate this novel 3.5 (out of 5) stars.
January 19, 2022
I received an ARC from NetGalley and Mills and Boon, in return for an honest review.
I really, really enjoyed the story.. It was realistic, emotional and truly engaging. Josh and Emma were a fabulous hero and heroine, who came together to complete a fundraising car chase. Annie Claydon has a deft touch and writes really really well and I’ll be looking out for more of her books. I just totally loved the story.
I really, really enjoyed the story.. It was realistic, emotional and truly engaging. Josh and Emma were a fabulous hero and heroine, who came together to complete a fundraising car chase. Annie Claydon has a deft touch and writes really really well and I’ll be looking out for more of her books. I just totally loved the story.
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January 1, 2022Categories
Contemporary Romance, Romance
Miniseries
Miracle Medics (Book #2)
Contemporary Romance, Romance
Miniseries
Miracle Medics (Book #2)
January 30, 2022
Didn’t make too much sense. The h is afraid of commitment and doesn’t like the fact that H wants commitment. The epilogue is all about the h being pregnant and their marriage. From a point where the h wants post cards from H to marriage it doesn’t feel real.
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