The Doctor's Little Miracle

by Michele Dunaway

Chandy McDaniel was seventeen and pregnant when her world crashed around her. Fifteen years later, she's not—repeat, not —stupid enough to let Justin McCall back into her life. Especially after he and his family moved away from their Iowa hometown and he never sent so much as a postcard.

There's one small problem. She still loves him. And that's not the only secret she's keeping.

Leaving Chandy was the hardest thing Justin ever had to do. Seeing her again—a beautiful, grown-up doctor with a soft spot for kids—makes him realize how much he still cares. And she already seems to be head over heels for his son.

Is it too late to make things right between them? And maybe, together, create the miracle they've both been waiting for…

Genres: Romance, Harlequin

224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Ever since she was in first grade, Michele Dunaway wanted to be a writer. Even later in life, she found herself writing, and served on Kirkwood High School's newspaper staff, her college paper, and a local music newspaper (which led to Michele's five-second appearance on MTV's "The Week in Rock").

"I've always wanted to write fiction and I published my first stories using my sister's manual typewriter," she said. "I wrote love stories, and married myself and my sister to the cutest boys in the neighborhood. My sister wrote westerns and killed everyone. We had a great time and I guess you can say that those first stories hooked me into wanting to write more."

Michele concentrated on her writing, even while getting her teaching degree.

"While I earned my undergraduate degree in education, my master's degree is in media communication. In my spare time, apart from studying and teaching, my hobby has always been writing. I still have romance novels in the basement from when I was in high school and college. They're scrawled out in my handwriting, and written long before I knew anything about weaving plot, setting, and character. A teaching colleague Ed Washington read a Highlander fan fiction novel I wrote and told me I should try to seriously get published. So instead of it just being a dream, I set about trying to make it reality," she said.

In 1988, Michele set a goal at her five-year high school reunion to be published by the year 2000. While she authored three professional journal articles, and compiled the Journalism Education Association Middle/Junior High Curriculum Guide, it wasn't until August of 1999 that Michele learned she had sold her first novel to Harlequin American Romance.

"I'm thrilled that I accomplished this. Writing for Harlequin has always been a dream of mine, and words can't express the elation I felt when I heard they were buying my novel. I found out in the school office and the school nurse came running out because I was screaming with joy after I put down the phone," she said.

Since then Michele has sold over 15 novels to Harlequin and her works have been translated into French, Italian, German, Portuguese, and Japanese among others. Describing herself as a woman who does too much but doesn't know how to stop, Michele also teaches high school English, advises the school yearbook, and raises two daughters and five spoiled housecats.

Reviews

[Sara]

Necesitaba algo así, ligero y fácil de leer. Historia con una trama algo dura, sobre todo por la pérdida de ella y la situación del hermano de él. Ideal para pasar el rato.

[Susan]

Good book. I liked both Chandy and Justin. She was stunned to see him and his son in her emergency room. She had no intention of opening herself up to the potential heartbreak of getting involved with him again. But Justin has never forgotten her either and wants a second chance with her. I really enjoyed seeing them get to know each other all over again. They still had issues that they needed to overcome. Justin had problems dealing with their financial differences and it sometimes made him act like a jerk. He had always felt guilty about the way he had treated her back when they were teens and dealing with the new information he had made him feel even worse. I did like the way he was such a good father to Ben. I also loved the way that he tried to give Chandry what she needed but was willing to take a chance there at the end. Chandry was still dealing with the pain of their teenage breakup and the resulting problems. Her love for Justin had never gone away and she was enjoying getting to know him again. I liked the way she was so good with his son. Her biggest problem was confronting Justin with the rest of the story of their past. She was a master of avoidance and it nearly destroyed their relationship a second time. I really liked the conclusion to the story.

[Tina Louise]

Great Story

I laughed and I cried. This book has it all. Chandy and Justin go on the longest roller coaster ride ever.
Grab a copy of this book and enjoy all the feels! 💜

[Delacey]

I really liked this second chance romance. The ending was very cute. I'm still a little puzzled as to how she got to the confrontation split up- the blow up I understood, but her decisions afterward seemed off and reinforced a negative self fulling prophecy.

[Jessica ♡.]

Oh well cute ending. Lovely and fresh reading.

[Shei Belikov]

3.5★