Dr. Emma Sinclair is used to the extreme fast pace of her
New York City Emergency Room. As she flips the sign from “closed” to “open” on
her father’s Urgent Care, nestled in the quiet town of Wishful, CA, she braces
herself for the onslaught of boredom in “Mayberry USA”. After learning of her
father’s heart attack, Emma flew 3000 miles across the country to run Doc’s
clinic while he recovers. What she got in return was to treat bee stings,
stomach flus, the occasional pet cat and payment in the form of casseroles. While
managing to get nothing out of her father about his condition, Emma is itching
to get back to New York until she get the most interesting case of her career.
Stone sat on the exam table, covered in blood, mud and a
whole lot of what looked like road rash. Emma gave the mountain bum a once
over, grabbed some supplies and was ready to get to work. There were two things
she had not anticipated; a) the large order of “Tall, Dark and Hansom” sitting
in front of her was deathly afraid of the needle in her hand, looking at her
like she was coming at him with a butcher knife and b) although he was bloody
and covered in mud, just the sight of him had her wanting to break every
Doctor-Patient rule known to man.
Convinced Emma belongs back in Wishful, where she was born,
Stone begins the hardest trek of his life; teaching Emma there is more to life
than work. After losing a few bets and sending out accidental distress calls
that had TJ (Stone’s old brother) interrupting an “almost” skinny dipping swim
in a hidden lake, Emma begins to learn the truth about Stone. This man is much
more than the “mountain bum” she had proclaimed him to be. Learning Stone is
the glue that holds his family together, a mentor to at risk boys, volunteer
for Search & Rescue, and most of all the man solely responsible for saving
her father’s life, Emma’s carefully placed wall around her heart begins to
crack and fall away. Always guarded by the hurt in her life, Emma also learns
some hard truths about both her parents; a mother, God rest her soul, who was
not the woman she thought and a father who was there for her more than she ever
knew. Flooded with guilt and worry, Emma finds out that her father’s condition
is much worse than he had let on and there is no way he can return to work full
time. With no other choice but to sale, Emma helps Doc pick out a respective
buyer for the clinic so that she can finally return to NY.
If you want to spend some time daydreaming about beautiful
mountain bike rides through the mountains and gorgeous men, topped with one of
the world’s most frustrating women, I highly recommend “Instant Gratification”.
Captivated by her love stories and semi-smut novels, I am a fan of all her
series thus far.
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