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Ella Wilder, freshly graduated and eager to follow her father's legacy, hopes to devote herself to medicine at Walnut River General. A powerful conglomerate threatens to seize the hospital, challenging her family’s legacy.
During a corporate visit, J.D. Sumner, an executive intent on business, suffers a debilitating injury and is resurrected by the very doctor he intended to oversee. Ella, now the new orthopedist, must balance her professional duties with emerging personal feelings for a man she never expected to care for.
What begins as a professional obligation turns into a tender romance, as Ella’s talent and compassion lure J.D. toward a unexpected healing—both of his fractured leg and his guarded heart.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Mary J. Forbes
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