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Surgeon's Second Chance in Florence: An Emotional Reunion Medical Romance
Love shines brighter under the Italian sun and there’s a second chance on the cards for the surgeon… Find out more in award-winning author Kate Hardy’s latest Harlequin Medical Romance.
She’s in Italy to save lives…
…But falling back in love?
Surgeon Sam can’t believe it! While she’s on secondment in Florence, Dr. Angelo will be her new colleague. Two years ago, he left Sam brokenhearted and without an explanation. Now she’s stuck working with him—for three months! But Sam soon learns that there was more to Angelo’s departure than he let her believe… Can she forgive Angelo and claim her second chance with the gorgeous Italian doctor?
From Harlequin Life and love in the world of modern medicine.
She’s in Italy to save lives…
…But falling back in love?
Surgeon Sam can’t believe it! While she’s on secondment in Florence, Dr. Angelo will be her new colleague. Two years ago, he left Sam brokenhearted and without an explanation. Now she’s stuck working with him—for three months! But Sam soon learns that there was more to Angelo’s departure than he let her believe… Can she forgive Angelo and claim her second chance with the gorgeous Italian doctor?
From Harlequin Life and love in the world of modern medicine.
187 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2022
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About the author
Kate Hardy
811 books264 followersKate Hardy is the award-winning author of more than 100 books for Harlequin Mills & Boon and the Georgina Drake cozy crime series for Storm. Her novel 'Breakfast at Giovanni's' won the RNA Romance Prize in 2008, 'Bound by a Baby' won the RNA RoNA Rose in 2014 and ‘A Will, A Wish, A Wedding’ won the RNA Liberta Books Shorter Fiction award in 2021. She's been shortlisted six more times for the award, as well as for two Romantic Times awards.
She lives in Norwich in the east of England with her husband, two grown-up children, springer spaniels Archie and Dexter, and too many books to count. She's a bit of a nerd who loves cinema, live music, the theatre, ballet, history and cooking, and adores anything Italian. She loves doing research, particularly if it's hands-on and means experimenting with cooking. Reviewers say that her books are full of warmth, heart and charm - and also that you'll learn something new and interesting from them!
Kate also writes bestselling local history books under the name of Pamela Brooks.
She lives in Norwich in the east of England with her husband, two grown-up children, springer spaniels Archie and Dexter, and too many books to count. She's a bit of a nerd who loves cinema, live music, the theatre, ballet, history and cooking, and adores anything Italian. She loves doing research, particularly if it's hands-on and means experimenting with cooking. Reviewers say that her books are full of warmth, heart and charm - and also that you'll learn something new and interesting from them!
Kate also writes bestselling local history books under the name of Pamela Brooks.
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October 26, 2022
4.5 stars.
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Angelo and Sam’s romance is palpable, serene and hot at the same time. Their interactions are exciting: whether they were at work dealing with difficult medical cases, or discovering Florence, or in more intimate moments, their chemistry is intense. The fact that the author manages to create such intensity without including explicit scenes in the story is a very valuable plus.
Something that captured my attention was how Ms. Hardy balances medical terms (briefly explained in an easy language), tourism and romance so effectively that you don’t feel the plot going on one specific way. The setting of the story is so well developed you can see yourself in Florence while Sam and Angelo explore the city. Also, the secondary characters create circumstances that makes the book interesting.
This the first medical romance story written—very well written, by the way—by Ms. Hardy that I’ve read. And I have to say that she nails it! A book that makes you believe in love against all odds. And, P.S., ILOVE the cover of this book!!
FULL REVIEW HERE:
https://harlequinjunkie.com/review-su...
Angelo and Sam’s romance is palpable, serene and hot at the same time. Their interactions are exciting: whether they were at work dealing with difficult medical cases, or discovering Florence, or in more intimate moments, their chemistry is intense. The fact that the author manages to create such intensity without including explicit scenes in the story is a very valuable plus.
Something that captured my attention was how Ms. Hardy balances medical terms (briefly explained in an easy language), tourism and romance so effectively that you don’t feel the plot going on one specific way. The setting of the story is so well developed you can see yourself in Florence while Sam and Angelo explore the city. Also, the secondary characters create circumstances that makes the book interesting.
This the first medical romance story written—very well written, by the way—by Ms. Hardy that I’ve read. And I have to say that she nails it! A book that makes you believe in love against all odds. And, P.S., ILOVE the cover of this book!!
June 6, 2022
What a fabulous story. You can always rely on this author to deliver emotionally satisfying books with well rounded characters who you root for. I really enjoyed this one. Second chance love is always catnip for me!
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November 30, 2023Really soft and gentle romance. I liked it a lot, and I think this book is a good example of Kate Hardy doing what she does exceptionally well: interesting medical cases (Sam's a fetal surgeon), enthusiastic travelogues and delicious meals, a calm but emotionally deep romance, and protagonists committed to caring about and thinking the best of each other and who adore each other's nerdiness (they use lasers to save babies' lives and it's clear they know how cool that is, and also Angelo in particular geeks out over Roman history).
One note for potential readers: both Sam's and Angelo's individual and combined backstories involve family members with addictions; Sam's brother died from an overdose, and Angelo's father narrowly avoided doing so and is two years sober during this book. I thought this aspect of the book was handled sensitively, without an exploitative focus.
One note for potential readers: both Sam's and Angelo's individual and combined backstories involve family members with addictions; Sam's brother died from an overdose, and Angelo's father narrowly avoided doing so and is two years sober during this book. I thought this aspect of the book was handled sensitively, without an exploitative focus.
July 6, 2024
This book was super cute. It made me feel like I was in Italy too. Love a good happy ending 💜
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