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The Baby Doctors by Janice Macdonald

(Harlequin Superromance - October 2007)

Rating: Good

I got this book as a Free Book Friday, I think, and it took me a while to get around to it, because I don't particularly like babies, and there's a ginormous one on the front cover.

Did someone put the wrong cover on this book? Because I soon discovered that there aren't any babies in this book. None at all, near as I can remember.

His Very Special Nurse by Margaret McDonagh

(Harlequin Medical Romance - August 2007)

Rating: Good

This was a very sweet story with strong, likeable characters. Definitely different from my usual reading, but I really enjoyed it.

The story is:

Alexandra Patterson has been hired as a nurse working for Dr. Kyle Sinclair. She's excited about the new job, which allows her to work out in the community, but is unsure of her boss. She's attracted to Kyle, but he seems distant, with a hidden grief, and Alex soon begins discovering some unsettling truths about another nurse in the practice...

Very good book. It kept you guessing what was going to happen

Dingo by Charles de Lint

(Firebird - 2008)

Rating: Good

Miguel's dad owns a music and comic book shop. One day, Lainey, just moved to town from Australia, comes into the shop. Miguel feels an instant connection, and it seems to be mutual. But why, when he sees her on the beach the next day, is she cold to him? And what's the story behind her pet dog, who looks just like an Australian dingo, and the large pawprints that seem to be stalking Miguel?

Zack and Miranda were rivals in the self-help book circuit and after a heated radio show they fall into bed together but they have nothing in common so go their separate ways the next day, but then Miranda gets pregnant and Zack insists on moving so he can be involved in his child's life from the start.

Mary McHale is a loner, an orphan who's been taking care of herself for years, who comes to work as a wrangler on Towbridge ranch so her horse can rest and recuperate and so she can feed herself while she's waiting. Jonah Lanigan is intrigued by her resemblance to his neighbours and also by his attraction to what's supposed to be a temporary worker.

LMcK's story was about two native Indians who loved each other as teenagers, got separated by life and came back together when they needed each other's healing. I enjoyed it but found it hard going, don't know why.

Personal Demon by Kelley Armstrong

(Random House - March 2008)

Rating: Good

I'm a huge Kelley Armstrong fan, to the point where I bought her latest in hardcover. It's the first one of her books I've been a bit disappointed in, though it was still worth reading.

Amelia has been trying for months to get in touch with Gray but she didn't expect him to mow her down on the jogging path. He sees her as the perfect candidate for his father's stupid marriage plan, but can he convince her he's not her nephew's father?

Alex needs a bride and a child on the way within twelve months so he moves and gets a job with another part of the Hunt business empire, but his new boss, PJ is suspicious, because she thinks he's too smooth. But should she criticise him for keeping secrets when she's keeping a few of her own?