Dr. Chandler's Sleeping Beauty

In Dr. Chandler's Sleeping Beauty by Melanie Milburne., A&E doctor Kitty (Katherine) Cargill has moved to Australia for a short term of three months, time that she will use to gain some experience and to forget her very recent disillusion when she found her then boyfriend with her best friend together in bed.Dr Jake Chandler is a known playboy, he is a use them and leave them kind of guy. He does not want a commitment of any kind, not to have a girlfriend, get married or have babies. He has had more than enough of that raising his brother and sisters after their mother's death. And to make things more fun, Jake made a bet with his sister that he could be celibate for three months or make a one-thousand dollar contribution to her son's college fund, which he would gladly make anyway.When Jake and Kitty first meet, Kitty is confused with a call girl due to her outfit, which she wore to a costume party for her cousin's birthday. With that first impression, Kitty will not have an easy job of convincing her workmates of her professionalism. And to make things worse, the fact that Jake and her are neighbors and seen together on a few occasions, gets the gossip mill running wild in the hospital with the speculation of Jake and Kitty's relationship.The attraction and chemistry is so much that Jake will have a hard time staying away from Kitty, and winning the bet.Kitty will have to accept that love and happily ever after are not something that you can have full control over While Jake will have to learn that life cannot be lived on the surface only, you must be open to love and pain to truly live and have something worthwhile.If you want a sweet and deep romance between two very reluctant doctors, you will like Dr. Chandler's Sleeping Beauty by Melanie Milburne.Reviewed at HarlequinJunkie.com

Meet Kitty. A recently qualified doctor, newly arrived in Australia, she went for a night out to a fancy dress party dressed as a lady of the night, in a PVC skirt that almost wasn't there and laddered fishnet tights. She could have cheerfully murdered her cousin Julie for talking her into it, especially when she had to bring Julie to the hospital with an injured ankle later that evening and the devastatingly handsome doctor mistook her for a hooker.Meet Jake Chandler, a doctor in the Emergency department on the verge of burnout with all the heartbreaking cases he's been dealing with. Just when he can't take any more, he has to attend to a call girl with a broken ankle, who has been brought in by her friend. While he treats the lady (and her friend) with the same respect he treats every other patient, one can sense his revulsion at the suggestively dressed young women, reeking of alcohol. When Kitty protests that she hardly drank all evening, just slipped in the alcohol by accident, he's bored, having heard that 'excuse' before.Imagine his face when he meets his new colleague the next day and realizes that the drunken hooker is his colleague, the prim Dr. Kitty Cargill.Kitty's given up on love, having been cheated in the past. Jake doesn't do happy ever after, for reasons best known to himself. Problem? Yes, definitely. Especially as the pair are becoming attracted to each other. Can they get it together? Well, we have to read on to find out!An emotional medical drama to touch your heart and make you laugh out loud in places. I love the way Melanie Millburne touches your heart with human stories and makes you rock with laughter too - all within the same book. She has the gift for adding humor to the most grim situations.A must read for lovers of medical romances - and for anyone who enjoys warm, human stories.

In the "Dear Reader" section of Dr Chandler's Sleeping Beauty the amazing Melanie Milburne shares with us how she loves to write how the characters first meet and I have to say that when the Australian ER Director Dr Jake Chandler meets the English Dr Kitty Cargill for the first time you KNOW you're in for a great ride!Jake is the hospital playboy, he's in it for a good time, not a long time. However, a rather large bet with his sister puts a stop to that and the first person to come along to make him even consider forfeiting is Kitty. Kitty however wants the white picket fence and considers good-time's a complete waste of time and the first person to make her re-consider is Jake. Both also have complications in their backgrounds which has considerable weight in why they each view the world the way they do.One of my favorite memories of Dr Chandler's Sleeping Beauty is how it made me laugh. Laughter is the best medicine! When they're butting heads the conversations Jake and Kitty have are so witty and humorous. Being work colleagues and neighbor's there's many situations where they are thrown together, opposites attract, sparks fly and the banter is just fabulous!I am a new fan to the Medical genre and I would highly recommend Dr Chandler's Sleeping Beauty. It's a fantastically refreshing story with very appealing characters in beautiful location. The story flows beautifully right up until the highly satisfying conclusion. 5 stars!

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