Novella The Resident's Choice Harbor Medical Center Book #2
Contemporary Romance, Gay Romance, LGBTQ Romance
Independent
Feb 7, 2023
Kindle
102
Amazon
Pediatric residency means long hours, constant pressure, and, occasionally, a patient and her father stealing your heart.
Second-year pediatric resident Marty Beyers loves his job and using all his skills to care for the children in the wards. He figures everything he’s seen in his position at Harbor Medical Center has made him ready for anything, but when he meets gorgeous Dennis and his daughter Stephie, he’s finally encountered something he isn't prepared for: losing his heart to a patient’s father.
Dennis gave up everything to raise his sister’s daughter after her death, especially after Stephie fell ill. He has a lot of high hopes, mostly that he’ll get answers to Stephie’s mysterious health issues, and in Marty he finds a doctor who listens, really seems to care, and, to top that, is someone he could seriously fall for.
But hospitals have rules about doctors and their patients. To make things worse, Stephie’s illness seems reluctant to reveal any answers to their questions. When her specialists can’t unravel the mystery, Marty refuses to give up, but his diligence triggers suspicions that could pull Marty and Dennis and their potential new family apart forever.
Reviewed by Linda Tonis
Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team
Marty Beyers is a second-year resident at Harbor Medical Center in pediatrics and he works along with some of the characters we met in book one. One night he sees a father with his young daughter and is immediately drawn to them, actually the father.
Dennis Greene took over raising his niece when his sister and brother-in-law both died in a plane crash when Stephie was only two. Over the last year Stephie has been in and out of the hospital being treated for a condition doctors are still unable to successfully diagnose. The major illnesses like cancer and leukemia have been rejected and each visit she is treated and gets better until the next time.
Marty can’t keep from paying special attention to Stephie and her dad and Stephie believes Marty is her personal doctor. Stephie is an adorable seven-year-old, very advanced for her age and is loved by all the nurses and her doctors except for Nurse Cratchit (Bernice) who insists on taking Stephie’s temperature rectally, seriously, who does that anymore.
The time that Marty spends with Stephie and Dennis has caught the attention of his bosses and he is reprimanded for it. As soon as Stephie is sent home Marty continues seeing them, it is his private time, and he is no longer Stephie’s doctor. The good times don’t last long because Stephie is rushed back to the hospital with a high fever and trouble breathing. Marty is at a loss to what the problem is and then takes the advice of another doctor to start from the beginning and ask questions.
This book was hard to read at times because anything related to children who are sick is tough. It is encouraging to know that there are doctors who will go the extra mile not just accepting test results but digging deeper. Marty asks questions and the answer was something no one would have thought of and didn’t. As a parent this book was an emotional roller coaster but thanks to Mr. Grey and his description of the dedication of some nurses and doctors it was encouraging.
Although the books in this series are standalone, I would highly recommend reading them in order since each book introduces wonderful characters and gives a view of the workings in a hospital and the dedication of the nurses and doctors who work there.