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The Doctors Pulaski #1

Her Lawman on Call

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Medical personnel were dropping like flies and Dr. Sasha Pulaski wasn'tgoing to just stand by and do nothing. She believed in her work and woulddo anything for her patients. But how could she help when she was nexton a murderer's hit list? The only bright spot was her new protector—Detective Anthony Santini, a man determined to catch the hospital killerand watch over Sasha. And when the building was in lockdown mode,she turned to the handsome lawman—and found more than just a strongguardian angel. Could he help her see the unspoken possibilities sizzlingbetween them before it was too late?

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published February 1, 2007

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Marie Ferrarella

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Marie Rydzynski-Ferrarella
aka Marie Charles, Marie Michael, Marie Nicole, Marie Ferrarella

Marie Rydzynski was born on March 28 in West Germany to Polish parents. She moved to America at the age of four. For an entire year, Marie and her family explored the eastern half of the country before finally settling in New York.

Marie swears she was born writing, "which must have made the delivery especially hard for my mother." From an early age, Marie's parents would find her watching television or tucked away in some private place, writing at a furious pace. "Initially, I began writing myself into my favourite shows. I was a detective on '77 Sunset Strip,' the missing Cartwright sibling they never talked about on 'Bonanza' and the 'Girl from U.N.C.L.E.' before there was a 'Girl from U.N.C.L.E.,' not to mention an active participant in the serialized stories of 'The Mickey Mouse Club.'" Marie began to write her first romance novel when she was 11 years old, although she claims that, at the time, she didn't even realize it was a romance! She scribbled off and on, while dreaming of a career as an actress.

Marie was only 14 when she first laid eyes on the man she would marry, truly her first love, Charles Ferrarella. During her days at Queens College, New York, acting started to lose its glamour as Marie spent more and more time writing. After receiving her English degree, specialising in Shakespearean comedy, Marie and her family moved to Southern California, where she still resides today.

After an interminable seven weeks apart, Charles decided he couldn't live without her and came out to California to marry his childhood sweetheart. Ever practical, Marie was married in a wash-and-wear wedding dress that she sewed herself, appliqués and all. "'Be prepared' has always been my motto,"the author jokes. This motto has been stretched considerably by her two children, Nikky and Jessi, "but basically, it still applies," she says.

In November of 1981, she sold her first novel for Harlequin. Marie, who now has written over 150 novels, has one goal: to entertain, to make people laugh and feel good. "That's what makes me happy," she confesses. "That, and a really good romantic evening with my husband." She's keeping her fingers crossed that her reader's enjoy reading her books as much as she enjoyed writing them.

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August 10, 2025
Gains a star because the heroine is a doctor. The story is set in America, in a NYC hospital where a nurse is shot dead in the parking area. Two weeks later, another nurse is so killed.
The police seem completely negligent from the start. They don't do the obvious thing to eliminate any potential suspects.
Two thirds through, the lead detective starts a fling with the doctor he's been questioning every time he comes to the hospital. A hospital which has seemingly no HR department, so the busy doctor is going with the detective to tell people their loved ones are dead. The detective is absolutely compromising his investigation with this affair, they should have waited until the case was concluded or he would be torn apart in the witness box.
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December 14, 2019
46% dnf and I should have stopped at 10%.
"Daddy, you're overreacting. He's not killing everyone..." our female heroine says and I can't even... with her and the writting and everything.
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April 12, 2007
It is a short, quick read about a murder mystery in a hospital setting. Romance is between the dectective (male) on the case and the doctor(female).
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July 9, 2016
Like this book - it wasn't your typical book and I enjoyed that greatly!!!
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