A Doctor Beyond Compare: A Small Town Medical Romance

by Melanie Milburne

Small beachside town requires new GP.Start immediately. Falling in love with resident doctor…optional!Recently single, recently qualified Dr. Holly Saxby has to leave the city ASAP. So, she packs up her designer clothes and heads to Baronga Bay. She's not quite ready for beach life or the small-town grapevine, and she certainly isn't expecting young, ruggedly handsome Dr. Cameron McCarrick to be her new partner.The laid-back doctor is the treasure of the town, and in comparison Holly has to fight to measure up. But as Cameron acts as her mentor and protector, she realizes that this little town may have given her everything she was ever looking for—a home, a job and a husband beyond compare…

Genres: Romance

288 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2006

About the author

I grew up on a small farm on the outskirts of Sydney and as a keen horse rider, often competed in local gymkhanas and even broke in a few horses from time to time. As I was surrounded by animals, I decided at an early age to become a nurse, however I couldn’t stand the sight of blood and so opted for a career in teaching. It’s a bit ironic that I married a surgeon.

I read my first Mills & Boon novel when I was 17 and that encouraged me to continue reading romance novels; the lure of the tall dark handsome hero, who in reality I fell in love with and knew I was going to marry on our second date! After marrying a year later, we moved to Scotland with our six week old baby so my husband could work and study for his MD in surgery. After the birth of our second son we came back to Australia to settle in Tasmania.

I went back to University and up-graded my teaching diploma to a degree and then went on to do a Masters but still I felt as if something was missing. I sat down one day and began writing and everything clicked into place - I had finally found ‘my brilliant career’! I used to write from instinct rather than a specific plan, but now, so many books later I find a loose plan doesn't go astray. An idea will pop into my head, sometimes it will be just a simple phrase or a what if question and I'm away.

Writing is a skill that can be learned and the best way to learn it is to read and to write. So many people feel they have a novel in them and very probably they are right-the only trick is to get it out. My advice to ‘would be’ writers is to write, write, and write even more. Carry a notebook at all times and jot down ideas. And like any other activity the more you do, the more it feels comfortable.

I hope you enjoy my stories and look forward to hearing from you.

Reviews

[A · Rating 3 out of 5]

The author didn't write a typical romance. The h after being jilted runs off to a 'hick town' with a population of 15000 to run the GP clinic along with H. The H has also been jilted by his fiancee who is a city girl. He doesn't wish to move away from the hick town in question as his brother had died due to inadequate knowledge of the first responder in small towns. There is a crime with a false accusation of murder and the h is trying to solve it as her cousin has been incarcerated by false conviction. I liked the whodunnit but the whole plot takes place within 5 days and they go from crime solving all the way to a proposal with no actual 'shining moments', so the 4 star has been rated down to a 3.

[Francesca · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tre stelle stiracchiate.

[Helena · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stelline

[Suzanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

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