ONE MORE SECOND CHANCE is currently on sale for $1.99! Give the gift of reading for the holidays!
Dr. Alex Campbell has an agenda—finish his contract to provide medical services in Maine, pay off his medical school debt, and head back to his real life in San Diego. But when he meets Julia, all his carefully laid plans are put in jeopardy.
Julia Stewart, Lobster Cove’s high school principal, swears she’ll never let another man drag her away from the home she loves. Her aging parents need her, and the Cove is where she wants to raise her daughter. When her mother’s illness brings her and the big city doctor closer together, panic sets in. Her marriage taught her men don’t stay.
Can she put aside the heartaches of the past and trust Alex enough to accept the love he’s offering? Or will her fear of abandonment mean she’ll send him away forever?
Excerpt:
Beth fanned herself with a napkin, giving an exaggerated sigh. “If only I was fifteen years younger and twenty pounds lighter, I’d be all over the good doctor.”
Julia laughed. “Aren’t you forgetting something? Or someone? You know, Marty? The guy you go home to every night?”
“Marty?” Beth pretended to think about the question. “The name does sound vaguely familiar.”
“It should. You’ve only been married to him for the last twenty years.”
“What can I say? A pretty face like Alex Campbell’s can turn the head of even the most devoted wife. I hear women from all over the island are making up diseases just so they can be examined by him. Isn’t that right, Tracy?”
Tracy hid her smile behind her coffee cup. “I don’t know about that, but I do know he’s well-liked and respected at the hospital. He’s great with patients, especially kids.”
“That’s what I heard, too. His looks are just an extra added bonus.”
“It’s too bad he’s only here temporarily,” Tracy said. “We could really use another young, dynamic family doctor who was willing to stick around.”
“I hear Alex only has about ten months left on his contract, and the chances of him staying beyond that are pretty slim.” Beth winked broadly at Julia. “Unless, of course, he falls madly in love with a nice Lobster Cove girl and decides to chuck city life to stay with her here.”
Julia stared at her in surprise. “Don’t look at me. I hardly know him!”
“Ah, come on, Julia. Somebody’s got to do it. I was going to volunteer, but as you’re so fond of reminding me, I’m already married. So it’s up to you. Take one for the team.”
“The team’s going to have to manage without my help.”
She knew Beth was joking—sort of. But she had no intention of throwing herself into the dating pool any time soon. Her marriage had left her with plenty of wounds that hadn’t entirely healed yet.
Perhaps they never would.
On Sale for $1.99 at:
Good luck with the sale--it's a bargain!
ReplyDelete