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Emergency: Wife Lost and Found
Every doctor dreaded recognizing someone in the emergency room—even coolheaded consultant James Morrell. But he was doubly shocked when the unconscious patient he had been asked to treat was instantly familiar. It was his ex-wife!
Dr. Lorna McClelland hated being ill, hated being stuck in a hospital bed and, above all, hated having to rely on James. But as she recovered, all the wonderful things about their marriage came flooding back....
Dr. Lorna McClelland hated being ill, hated being stuck in a hospital bed and, above all, hated having to rely on James. But as she recovered, all the wonderful things about their marriage came flooding back....
192 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2009
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Carol Marinelli
1,400 books450 followersCarol Marinelli was born in England to Scottish parents, then emigrated to Australia, where there are loads of Scottish and English people who did exactly the same, so she’s very at home there.
She lives in the outer suburbs of Melbourne—pretty much in her car, driving her three children to their various commitments.
Carol writes for the Harlequin Presents and Medical lines and she also writes contemporary women's fiction (with a dark twist).
When she's not writing she's reading, when she's not reading she's writing.
She lives in the outer suburbs of Melbourne—pretty much in her car, driving her three children to their various commitments.
Carol writes for the Harlequin Presents and Medical lines and she also writes contemporary women's fiction (with a dark twist).
When she's not writing she's reading, when she's not reading she's writing.
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March 2, 2017
This is what I get for reading outside of the lines I normally read. This was a medical, which meant - medical details. I’m not that squeamish when something is happening to me – but to someone else. *shudder *
So I found it hard to read about the doctor h being brought into her ex-husband’s emergency room and resuscitated with all the grisly actions that are necessary. I did like the H’s angsty thoughts at being faced with the woman he had loved ten years before when they were both in medical school – but even his thoughts had more medical details to relay because they split up after her ectopic pregnancy. *sigh *
Thank goodness for the side characters, a nurse at the hospital and the H’s housekeeper, who are secret bffs. They contrive to support the h in all kinds of ways. The housekeeper takes care of the h while she is recovering in the H’s house. When the h recovers and begins working at the hospital with the H, the nurse is there on all of her shifts to support her. The h desperately needed that maternal energy and they were like fairy godmothers to her.
While the romance seemed to heat up quickly once the h had physically recovered, it didn’t seem all that surprising to me. The author manages to convey that both of these doctors had spent the last ten years pouring their hearts into their careers and that the standout emotional moments were during their brief marriage. The H had girlfriends and a sex life, but he seemed divorced from any kind of relationship with anyone – even his co-workers. The h was straight up neurotic after enduring her judgmental minister father’s tirades, her constant pain from endometriosis and the pressure from a demanding job. Who could find time for romance with all of that baggage?
That they found each other again and talked it out and had a bit of medical miracle at the end was a great relief to this reader. This was dark story in a lot of ways and left me feeling more depleted than uplifted even though the HEA and the epilogue were lovely.
Proceed with caution if miscarriages, child abuse, car accidents, infertility or fire and brimstone preachers are triggers for you.
So I found it hard to read about the doctor h being brought into her ex-husband’s emergency room and resuscitated with all the grisly actions that are necessary. I did like the H’s angsty thoughts at being faced with the woman he had loved ten years before when they were both in medical school – but even his thoughts had more medical details to relay because they split up after her ectopic pregnancy. *sigh *
Thank goodness for the side characters, a nurse at the hospital and the H’s housekeeper, who are secret bffs. They contrive to support the h in all kinds of ways. The housekeeper takes care of the h while she is recovering in the H’s house. When the h recovers and begins working at the hospital with the H, the nurse is there on all of her shifts to support her. The h desperately needed that maternal energy and they were like fairy godmothers to her.
While the romance seemed to heat up quickly once the h had physically recovered, it didn’t seem all that surprising to me. The author manages to convey that both of these doctors had spent the last ten years pouring their hearts into their careers and that the standout emotional moments were during their brief marriage. The H had girlfriends and a sex life, but he seemed divorced from any kind of relationship with anyone – even his co-workers. The h was straight up neurotic after enduring her judgmental minister father’s tirades, her constant pain from endometriosis and the pressure from a demanding job. Who could find time for romance with all of that baggage?
That they found each other again and talked it out and had a bit of medical miracle at the end was a great relief to this reader. This was dark story in a lot of ways and left me feeling more depleted than uplifted even though the HEA and the epilogue were lovely.
Proceed with caution if miscarriages, child abuse, car accidents, infertility or fire and brimstone preachers are triggers for you.
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October 4, 2022
I enjoyed this book a lot... the story and the H/h just grew on me... no high drama or unnecessary angst, just a smooth flow of events and emotions as you read on... their love for each other is apparent and undeniable, but the h's 'health issues', make her feel that the H deserves better(I know!)
The medical part/lingo was very thorough and realistic and not boring.
The best part is the two older well meaning interfering ladies who help the romance along...
The medical part/lingo was very thorough and realistic and not boring.
The best part is the two older well meaning interfering ladies who help the romance along...
August 18, 2023
-mostly sad and depressing.
- the characters are divorced. They were briefly married 10 years before because she was pregnant. They barely knew each other. They lost the child, their marriage imploded and she left. Without anger.
- they’re both doctors. She has an accident and he sees her after 10 years. Still feel something for her.
- he has a gf, had other women but never seriously. This one could be serious.
- she is seeing someone, also had other partners.
- basically the hero breaks up with his gf, is still in love with her but they have the big grief of their loss between them. She has so many issues that prevents her from having more children and is planning a hysterectomy.
- of course there’s the final miracle baby.
-meh. Both characters are not bad. There’s not so much love between them and it’s hard to feel involved if there’s so little passion and so little love.
- I don’t understand why it’s the heroine who must always be the victim and with the worst fate. She’s a doctor thank god but she has so many issues, why can’t we have a heroine who’s happy and had other children? Why can’t she have a loving partner? Because it seems that the hero never suffered for her loss.
- I can’t rate one star but two is really me being generous.
- the characters are divorced. They were briefly married 10 years before because she was pregnant. They barely knew each other. They lost the child, their marriage imploded and she left. Without anger.
- they’re both doctors. She has an accident and he sees her after 10 years. Still feel something for her.
- he has a gf, had other women but never seriously. This one could be serious.
- she is seeing someone, also had other partners.
- basically the hero breaks up with his gf, is still in love with her but they have the big grief of their loss between them. She has so many issues that prevents her from having more children and is planning a hysterectomy.
- of course there’s the final miracle baby.
-meh. Both characters are not bad. There’s not so much love between them and it’s hard to feel involved if there’s so little passion and so little love.
- I don’t understand why it’s the heroine who must always be the victim and with the worst fate. She’s a doctor thank god but she has so many issues, why can’t we have a heroine who’s happy and had other children? Why can’t she have a loving partner? Because it seems that the hero never suffered for her loss.
- I can’t rate one star but two is really me being generous.
November 16, 2023
Трябва ли да се стигне до спешното отделение и да са минали цели 10 години, за да си дадеш нов шанс? Добре, че Арлекин поддържат илюзията, а тук има дори истинска медицинска романтика - много сладки и естествени главни герои - лекари💞🩺💊
4,5⭐️
4,5⭐️
April 20, 2011
It is a second chance given to a lost love and broken marriage
James and Lorna met each other when they were studying their medical,both liked each other and starting dating and got hooked up and Lorna got pregnant,she was a minister's daughter ,her father presurred both James-Lorna to get married cause they had committed crime by having sex before marriage,James and Lorna do get married for baby but they loved each other but later it was found that the pregnancy was ectopic pregnancy and as they delayed taking decision abt termination it was getting dangerous for Lorna so James sternly asked Lorna to sigh the form and pregnancy was terminated but then Lorna completely shutted James out,he tried a lot to talk and get Lorna back but to no vail and then James started feeling Lorna hated him for asking her to terminate the baby and then in the final fight James said he does'nt loves her and they get divorced
the two people who loved each other are shattered and love is lost and marriage is destroyed and after 10 years they meet again,Lorna had a accident and James asks her to stay with him and then they both come to know they still have feelings for each other but they both are scared to take a chance and try to keep distance and ex-wife has not yet talked about that termination,when it had happened she shut James out and even now she is not yet ready to face it but at the end they talk and have their happy ending
the story was a good emotional tear jerker
Good read not a keeper for me
James and Lorna met each other when they were studying their medical,both liked each other and starting dating and got hooked up and Lorna got pregnant,she was a minister's daughter ,her father presurred both James-Lorna to get married cause they had committed crime by having sex before marriage,James and Lorna do get married for baby but they loved each other but later it was found that the pregnancy was ectopic pregnancy and as they delayed taking decision abt termination it was getting dangerous for Lorna so James sternly asked Lorna to sigh the form and pregnancy was terminated but then Lorna completely shutted James out,he tried a lot to talk and get Lorna back but to no vail and then James started feeling Lorna hated him for asking her to terminate the baby and then in the final fight James said he does'nt loves her and they get divorced
the two people who loved each other are shattered and love is lost and marriage is destroyed and after 10 years they meet again,Lorna had a accident and James asks her to stay with him and then they both come to know they still have feelings for each other but they both are scared to take a chance and try to keep distance and ex-wife has not yet talked about that termination,when it had happened she shut James out and even now she is not yet ready to face it but at the end they talk and have their happy ending
the story was a good emotional tear jerker
Good read not a keeper for me
July 16, 2014
(looks over shoulder to see if anyone is reading this..)
...quiet voice....
whispering really...
Plucks up the courage to write the next line.......
I really enjoyed this.
There. I have said it. You can come and take me away now.
It was exactly what it was meant to be. A light, fun and frothy read. Not full of sex - it isn't that sort of story - and nicely drawn characters who played on my sympathy and were believable if more than a little predictable. But sometimes there is nothing wrong in that. (And this IS a Mills and Boon Medical Romance book so I knew what I was getting myself into when I downloaded it)
It did exactly what it was meant to do - brightened up my day and gave me a smile. However, I agree with other reviewers - FAR too many exclamation marks! I was tempted to only give it three stars, for that reason, but I will stick with four because I am feeling generous. ;)
...quiet voice....
whispering really...
Plucks up the courage to write the next line.......
I really enjoyed this.
There. I have said it. You can come and take me away now.
It was exactly what it was meant to be. A light, fun and frothy read. Not full of sex - it isn't that sort of story - and nicely drawn characters who played on my sympathy and were believable if more than a little predictable. But sometimes there is nothing wrong in that. (And this IS a Mills and Boon Medical Romance book so I knew what I was getting myself into when I downloaded it)
It did exactly what it was meant to do - brightened up my day and gave me a smile. However, I agree with other reviewers - FAR too many exclamation marks! I was tempted to only give it three stars, for that reason, but I will stick with four because I am feeling generous. ;)
January 15, 2024
This was really good. I read it within a day. I forgot how much I've missed Harlequin Medicals. More details soon.
June 1, 2018
OMG! I loved this book. I’m not big on the medical trope but CM is making me a believer.
This is all about a couple that met and got pregnant in med school. Got married. Lost their baby. And then fell apart because they couldn’t deal with the trauma.
Ten years later, the H is working in the emergency room at a busy London hospital where they are finishing up with a huge accident. He gets a feeling that something isn’t right and then the call comes in. They found another person from the accident. A woman. She’s been out in the freezing temperatures for over four hours.
When the ambulance comes in he see’s her feet. The pink toenails and he knows. He knows it’s his ex-wife. And it all take off from there.
I hated the h’s parents. Sanctimonious pricks. I loved the H. He’s amazing. My heart broke for the h. So many years of pain and suffering. Both physical and emotional. And I adored Meg and Pauline. Big, giant hearts for those two.
This was a “make you sob while still marking you happy” book. It was a delight to read.
This is all about a couple that met and got pregnant in med school. Got married. Lost their baby. And then fell apart because they couldn’t deal with the trauma.
Ten years later, the H is working in the emergency room at a busy London hospital where they are finishing up with a huge accident. He gets a feeling that something isn’t right and then the call comes in. They found another person from the accident. A woman. She’s been out in the freezing temperatures for over four hours.
When the ambulance comes in he see’s her feet. The pink toenails and he knows. He knows it’s his ex-wife. And it all take off from there.
I hated the h’s parents. Sanctimonious pricks. I loved the H. He’s amazing. My heart broke for the h. So many years of pain and suffering. Both physical and emotional. And I adored Meg and Pauline. Big, giant hearts for those two.
This was a “make you sob while still marking you happy” book. It was a delight to read.
April 2, 2014
Set in London, England, Dr. James Morrell recognizes his ex-wife when she was brought to the ER. They hadn't seen or spoken in about 10 years. They met in medical school and Lorna got pregnant and James married her. But the pregnancy was an ectopic and she was forced to have surgery. After the loss of their baby, Lorna left and they divorced.
It was a nice and somewhat predictable read. Just nothing really exciting or unique. But it was easy to read no major lagging nor too much filler to distract me.
It was a nice and somewhat predictable read. Just nothing really exciting or unique. But it was easy to read no major lagging nor too much filler to distract me.
May 21, 2014
It was a much darker book than what I expected and that might put off some readers.
After a whirlwind marriage followed by a quick divorce, James and Lorna have both tried to build back their life, James struggling on the relationship side, Lorna struggling with a tough medical condition forcing her to a harsh and irreversible decision. They find themselves facing each other again by a stroke of fate.
I kind of felt for both characters and could relate to them. However it irritated me that Lorna avoided so much and so long any meaningful dialogue with James, as she used to do in the past, following the interruption of her ectopic pregnancy, her inability to communicate being by far the main reason leading to their divorce.
The writing was rather irregular, with some typos, weird grammar and punctuation at times.
Two other things really irritated me as well. First the decision that she took regarding her condition , well it's rarely used any more because it does not cure the disease, obviously it has strong implications and there are many other interventions that would be done before reaching that need. And that was absolutely unexplained there.
Second, magically despite her condition, something happens to her, which given her condition would have had less than one chance in a million to occur and that might happen again ; For me that's about the same thing as a story in which one of the character decides not to get a treatment for cancer for whatever reason and miraculously gets cured anyway. Unrealistic and frankly not respectful vis-à-vis people who are really struggling with the disease (I'm not but I have friends who do, therefore my sensitivity regards that topic).
Especially this last point made me decrease my rating by one star. And I'm still struggling with putting it even lower at only 2.
After a whirlwind marriage followed by a quick divorce, James and Lorna have both tried to build back their life, James struggling on the relationship side, Lorna struggling with a tough medical condition forcing her to a harsh and irreversible decision. They find themselves facing each other again by a stroke of fate.
I kind of felt for both characters and could relate to them. However it irritated me that Lorna avoided so much and so long any meaningful dialogue with James, as she used to do in the past, following the interruption of her ectopic pregnancy, her inability to communicate being by far the main reason leading to their divorce.
The writing was rather irregular, with some typos, weird grammar and punctuation at times.
Two other things really irritated me as well. First the decision that she took regarding her condition , well it's rarely used any more because it does not cure the disease, obviously it has strong implications and there are many other interventions that would be done before reaching that need. And that was absolutely unexplained there.
Second, magically despite her condition, something happens to her, which given her condition would have had less than one chance in a million to occur and that might happen again ; For me that's about the same thing as a story in which one of the character decides not to get a treatment for cancer for whatever reason and miraculously gets cured anyway. Unrealistic and frankly not respectful vis-à-vis people who are really struggling with the disease (I'm not but I have friends who do, therefore my sensitivity regards that topic).
Especially this last point made me decrease my rating by one star. And I'm still struggling with putting it even lower at only 2.
April 2, 2017
I really liked this book, unlike the rest harlequin I downloaded. The characters and writing style is amazing. The only problem I had with the book is that I don't know who is talking most times, the POVs are messed up, apart from that the book is okay.
April 25, 2013
Don't just focus on the first three words of the following paragraph, but keep reading:
Dull, dull, dull .... I first thought when I started reading this ..... it felt monosyllabic and mono-tonal, no depth and very little interest.
HOWEVER, and it is a big one .... I didn't notice the improvement as it went along - it crept up on me until I was crying at the end (my personal sign for quiet a lovely read). Therefore, it must have improved greatly without me realising it. Isn't that the sign of good writing?
It wasn't perfect, there were typographical errors, and some grammatical ones too here and there, but that many to actually detract from the whole (I did surprise me a little as it is a Mills & Boon after all (and for some reason I always seem to associate them with correct presentation, rightly or wrongly!).
Not fabulous enough to be a 4 star read, so on Amazon I will give it three stars, and hope that everyone will note that I have also added a little half star to that.
Dull, dull, dull .... I first thought when I started reading this ..... it felt monosyllabic and mono-tonal, no depth and very little interest.
HOWEVER, and it is a big one .... I didn't notice the improvement as it went along - it crept up on me until I was crying at the end (my personal sign for quiet a lovely read). Therefore, it must have improved greatly without me realising it. Isn't that the sign of good writing?
It wasn't perfect, there were typographical errors, and some grammatical ones too here and there, but that many to actually detract from the whole (I did surprise me a little as it is a Mills & Boon after all (and for some reason I always seem to associate them with correct presentation, rightly or wrongly!).
Not fabulous enough to be a 4 star read, so on Amazon I will give it three stars, and hope that everyone will note that I have also added a little half star to that.
January 20, 2022
3.5 is more apt.
James and Lorna , both medical students. Steamy college affair, pregnancy scare, marriage in haste. Doesn't work out. Separate. Meet after 10 years. Take it up where they left off. That's the story.
With medical lexicon and hospital routine in abundance strewn in between. Especially about the heroine Lorna. She is a proper case of 'damaged goods' in HP land. Pregnancy got terminated, been sick all these 10 years, considering removing her uterus now. Can't have children...
James didn't mind then, doesn't mind now either. He just wants her back. She on the other hand feels she is depriving him of a normal wife !
The reason why their marriage didn't work out in the early days is her father. He is a minister, of the church ! Supposedly pious man, horrified with an unwed pregnant daughter. Just tears her apart, and hates the sight of James. Young and unsure, they wilt under daddy's pressure.
An accident brings them into close proximity 10 years after they separate. Forced intimacy. Past memories. Some touching, some average scenes.
For a serious physical ailment, the author resorts to unrealistic magic solutions, possible only in the fictional universe. All her previous doctors have given up hope on her having kids. But James suggests some super duper doctor. And everything works out, just like that ! She is preggers, he is thrilled, they get remarried. HEA.
James and Lorna , both medical students. Steamy college affair, pregnancy scare, marriage in haste. Doesn't work out. Separate. Meet after 10 years. Take it up where they left off. That's the story.
With medical lexicon and hospital routine in abundance strewn in between. Especially about the heroine Lorna. She is a proper case of 'damaged goods' in HP land. Pregnancy got terminated, been sick all these 10 years, considering removing her uterus now. Can't have children...
James didn't mind then, doesn't mind now either. He just wants her back. She on the other hand feels she is depriving him of a normal wife !
The reason why their marriage didn't work out in the early days is her father. He is a minister, of the church ! Supposedly pious man, horrified with an unwed pregnant daughter. Just tears her apart, and hates the sight of James. Young and unsure, they wilt under daddy's pressure.
An accident brings them into close proximity 10 years after they separate. Forced intimacy. Past memories. Some touching, some average scenes.
For a serious physical ailment, the author resorts to unrealistic magic solutions, possible only in the fictional universe. All her previous doctors have given up hope on her having kids. But James suggests some super duper doctor. And everything works out, just like that ! She is preggers, he is thrilled, they get remarried. HEA.
April 30, 2020
I love Carol’s books but I have tended not to read her medical stories until recently. I really loved this one - James and Lorna were a fabulous couple and their story was so sensitively drawn and delivered.
Having married young because Lorna was pregnant, their marriage broke down after an ectopic pregnancy and at the start of the book - they hadn’t seen each other for 10 years. Then Lorna is brought in after a bad crash. The rest of the story is about them slowly but surely recognising they loved each other and deciding they had a future together. It was tender, emotional, difficult and realistic. I thought the whole story was delivered in such an adult way it made me have a lump in my throat. I loved it. Highly recommend.
Having married young because Lorna was pregnant, their marriage broke down after an ectopic pregnancy and at the start of the book - they hadn’t seen each other for 10 years. Then Lorna is brought in after a bad crash. The rest of the story is about them slowly but surely recognising they loved each other and deciding they had a future together. It was tender, emotional, difficult and realistic. I thought the whole story was delivered in such an adult way it made me have a lump in my throat. I loved it. Highly recommend.
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July 31, 2020
First time I read this book was about 10 years ago. Then I forgot what the name of this book was and who the author was...by chance I found it again and got the opportunity to reread it. Once again I loved it because in all truthfulness I'm a sucker for:
♡medical dramas;
♡second chance love;
♡an ex-couple reconnecting because they never got over each other and their love is the real deal;
♡when the H is a good man,
♡when the h isn't a doormat.
This is a good story about second chances.
♡medical dramas;
♡second chance love;
♡an ex-couple reconnecting because they never got over each other and their love is the real deal;
♡when the H is a good man,
♡when the h isn't a doormat.
This is a good story about second chances.
April 23, 2019
3.5 stars. I enjoyed this medical romance. As well as the POV of the H/h, there were also points of view from the housekeeper and a nurse friend. I didn't really like that, even though the narration made sense, I just didn't feel it was needed in this particualr story. Well written and very dramatic with some steamy scenes that were very tastelful.
November 14, 2021
Well written, lovely book, with the right amount of angst. Loved the ending!
Ten years is a long time but 1 star docked because hero wasn’t celibate, all the same. At least, he didn’t appear to be in love with his girlfriend.
One book I finished in one sitting in recent times.
Ten years is a long time but 1 star docked because hero wasn’t celibate, all the same. At least, he didn’t appear to be in love with his girlfriend.
One book I finished in one sitting in recent times.
January 20, 2017
ohh it was beautifully written just amazing, I was emotional even after finishing this book just perfect...
July 8, 2012
I read a lot, and it is really rare for me to not want to finish a book. I did finish this one, but I think only because I knew it was so short so it would be over soon. It was awkward and boring. Part of the awkwardness I felt reading this book might be from culture differences, as this story took place in England and was written as such. I'm in the medical profession and had a really hard time with a lot of the British medical phrasing and can imagine an American layperson would be all that more confused. I've never seen so many exclamation points used in conversations before - I kept thinking that these people must be shouting at each other all the time! The romance felt very forced - I felt almost no chemistry between the main characters. Lorna (the "heroine") was going through a lot and had been through a lot, but I felt almost zero sympathy for her because all I could think was what a wimp she was. She complained about her job, she complained about her pain, she complained about her parents - she was just a miserable person. The one shining light was James - who was such a genuinely likable character, and who actually stood up for himself it made me like him more - and I was happy he got his happy ending. Even if it was with Lorna. 2/5 stars.
February 15, 2017
Heartbreakingly good!
October 14, 2014
I had mixed feelings for these read because it was hard for me to connect with the MCs. The h always avoids confrontation from the first time I meet her to the last chapter - which annoys me because those confrontation are needed. The H is a double minded annoying man. Come to think of it, he avoids confrontation as well just like the heroine. NO wonder their marriage 10 yrs ago did not last a year. They're both good looking, yeah but the way they handle problems rubs me the wrong way.
The heroine has a hypocrite father. He's a minister but he's more concern about his public image than his daughter well being. When the MCs married with a child out of wedlock in the end the h's father was horrified because they married in church. The heroine stick it to the minister father and said that God is her God as well. That's the only part that I liked in this whole book.
Overall, it's a book with a passive characters dealing with a very active issue - miscarriage. Sad combination. I think this is a book where you either love it or hate. I am on the hate part.
The heroine has a hypocrite father. He's a minister but he's more concern about his public image than his daughter well being. When the MCs married with a child out of wedlock in the end the h's father was horrified because they married in church. The heroine stick it to the minister father and said that God is her God as well. That's the only part that I liked in this whole book.
Overall, it's a book with a passive characters dealing with a very active issue - miscarriage. Sad combination. I think this is a book where you either love it or hate. I am on the hate part.
August 17, 2017
This was a lovely heartbreaking story. A divorced couple gets a second chance after 10 years when the wife is rushed into the emergency room where her ex-husband is a doctor. It was heart wrenching to see how devastated he was when he saw the state his wife was in.
Their marriage had broken down 10 years earlier after the loss of their pregnancy. They were a couple in Med school when they were forced to marry in haste due to an unplanned pregnancy. When the miscarriage happened their marriage fell apart.
When they meet again, they still have strong chemistry and you can see they genuinely care for each other. Although in the start the husband has a girlfriend, he breaks it off with her soon after. He offers his house for the wife's recovery when she is discharged from hospital. It was good reading about how they found their way back to each other. And it has a wonderful hopeful epilogue.
Their marriage had broken down 10 years earlier after the loss of their pregnancy. They were a couple in Med school when they were forced to marry in haste due to an unplanned pregnancy. When the miscarriage happened their marriage fell apart.
When they meet again, they still have strong chemistry and you can see they genuinely care for each other. Although in the start the husband has a girlfriend, he breaks it off with her soon after. He offers his house for the wife's recovery when she is discharged from hospital. It was good reading about how they found their way back to each other. And it has a wonderful hopeful epilogue.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 10, 2014
This was actually a re-read but I never rated the book originally.
This is quite a short story but it packs a lot in, I enjoy reading the book up until Lorna is released from hospital then things start going very... obvious. And, because of the length of the book everything feels quite rushed - I don't buy the reunion between them - I cannot see how they can both still be in love after 10 years apart... If more time were given to character development it is possible I would enjoy this more.
I will admit though I did like the secondary character of May - she has to be one of the better ones I have come across in this genre.
This is quite a short story but it packs a lot in, I enjoy reading the book up until Lorna is released from hospital then things start going very... obvious. And, because of the length of the book everything feels quite rushed - I don't buy the reunion between them - I cannot see how they can both still be in love after 10 years apart... If more time were given to character development it is possible I would enjoy this more.
I will admit though I did like the secondary character of May - she has to be one of the better ones I have come across in this genre.
September 17, 2012
This was a different book for me to read, found it on the FREE List of Amazon and gave it a whirl. Started out a bit slow but didnt take me to long to really get into the story.
Kept me on the edge of my seat as to whether she would open and tell him the truth about her medical condition, and then the ending just made the whole story line come together in that Happily Ever After.
Good easy read....
Kept me on the edge of my seat as to whether she would open and tell him the truth about her medical condition, and then the ending just made the whole story line come together in that Happily Ever After.
Good easy read....
October 27, 2012
I have come upon many fictional situations where a couple is having difficulty in creating a family and thought 'Oh.Sad.So-so' and moved on.
But while reading this book, I was treated to a spectacular slap (mentally! hee hee). Dunno if it was the book itself or my state of mind, but it made me a blubbering mess of goo.
And I felt so happy for Lorna and James when they were going to have a baby! Yippeee!!
But while reading this book, I was treated to a spectacular slap (mentally! hee hee). Dunno if it was the book itself or my state of mind, but it made me a blubbering mess of goo.
And I felt so happy for Lorna and James when they were going to have a baby! Yippeee!!
December 14, 2014
Sweet story, but the break-up was really unnecessary and pathetic lack of communication. There was just something a little cardboard about the hero, and maybe heroine too. Best part of story was the meddling older ladies. The miracle bothered me, just too impossible.
March 25, 2016
duh! why do they have to use these weirdo names is beyond me. its actually not that bad as the name. a fast paced sweet love story. a simple no secondary-or-tertiary-plots book. if are into contemporaries, go for it.
April 6, 2011
Not much to say other than that this book was kind of "bleh" to me.
Oh! Let me! Also! Add! That! The author! Uses! Waaaaay! Too! Many! Exclamation points!
Oh! Let me! Also! Add! That! The author! Uses! Waaaaay! Too! Many! Exclamation points!
July 20, 2012
very sweet and romantic! the ending is soo sweet and i wont say anything else otherwise spoilers will leak from me in an controllable waterfall of badness!
February 9, 2018
James Morell fell in love with the younger Lorna while both of them were in medical school. Although they were careful, Lorna became pregnant. Both of them wanted the baby so badly even though James was not making good money yet and she was even further behind in her schooling but he knew they could make it. Her preacher father called her a whore and demanded a forced a wedding. James was happy but Lorna felt he married her because of the pregnancy. At the first ultra sound they were told that the baby was growing in they fallopian tube which would rupture soon. Lorna was devastated and could not accept what was happening. After the surgery, she told James to go and she divorced him. Her parents pretended to welcome her back now that the offending pregnancy was gone. And James went on to be Mr. Morrell, a consultant doctor and Lorna became a GP in Scotland. Ten years later, the search 35 year old single sexy doctor, James Morrell, was working on Emergency when there was a pile up on the freeway. The last patient was in full arrest, a woman. James recognized her feet. He had been out of sorts all afternoon but seeing her like this caused him to completely shut down. He was not over Lorna and he still loved her. She lived but was unconscious in ICU for days. Word had spread quickly on the hospital grapevine that this was his ex-wife. He sat by her bedside but when her parents arrived they politely threw him out and told him lies about her life to get rid of him. The Reverend and his wife had to return to Scotland due to commitments with the church. When the hospital dismissed Lorna, she had nowhere to go and was very fragile. James took her home with him.
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