A Life-Saving Reunion
A love worth fighting for…Cardiologist Thomas Wolfe’s speciality is mending broken hearts, but no one knows how much his own still hurts five years on…Torn apart by the sadness of losing their little girl, Tom and his ex-wife, transplant surgeon Rebecca Scott, are virtually strangers, until they’re thrown together again at Paddington’s to save the life of another very special little girl. Can a miracle surgery prove that it’s never too late to give love a second chance?Paddington Children’s HospitalCaring for children - and captivating hearts!
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A love worth fighting for...
Cardiologist Thomas Wolfeâs specialty is mending broken hearts, but no one knows how much his own still hurts five years on...
Torn apart by the sadness of losing their little girl, Tom and his ex-wife, transplant surgeon Rebecca Scott, are virtually strangers, until theyâre thrown together again at Paddingtonâs to save the life of another very special little girl. Can a miracle surgery prove that itâs never too late to give love a second chance?
How far back can you remember?
My earliest memory is of a pair of red shoes that I had when I was three years oldâI still love red shoes!âand my love of big ships came from travelling from New Zealand to England when I was five years old. It took six weeks and I loved every minute of it!
I lived in London for eighteen months. My dad, who was a doctor, had a job at Hammersmith Hospital, and we lived in a basement apartment in Prince Albert Roadâso close to the zoo that we could hear the animals at night sometimes. I started school there, and my favourite place to play was on Primrose Hill.
Setting a story in a place that was such an important part of my early life was such a treat and I even got to play in Regentâs Park and on Primrose Hill again! :)
Working with my talented colleagues at Mills & Boon Medical Romance has also been a treat. The threads in this series are very strong and so emotional that this was, at times, a heart-wrenching story to write.
What a privilege to bring those threads together and complete, not only a story that gives two people the chance of a love that will last for the rest of their lives, but also to celebrate the finale of all the other stories and the resolution of the conflict that runs through the Paddington Childrenâs Hospital series.
Happy reading!
With love,
Alison
ALISON ROBERTS is a New Zealander, currently lucky enough to be living in the south of France. She is also lucky enough to write for the Mills & Boon Medical Romance line. A primary school teacher in a former life, she is also a qualified paramedic. She loves to travel and dance, drink champagne, and spend time with her daughter and her friends.
Books by Alison Roberts
Mills & Boon Medical Romance
Christmas Eve Magic
Their First Family Christmas
Wildfire Island Docs
The Nurse Who Stole His Heart
The Fling That Changed Everything
A Little Christmas Magic
Always the Midwife Daredevil, Doctorâ¦Husband?
Mills & Boon Cherish
The Wedding Planner and the CEO
The Baby Who Saved Christmas The Forbidden Prince
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Contents
HEâD KNOWN THIS wasnât going to be easy.
Heâd known that some cases were going to be a lot harder than others.
But Dr Thomas Wolfe had also known that, after the very necessary break, he had been ready to go back to the specialty that had always been his first love.
Paediatric cardiology.
Mending broken little hearts...
And some not so little, of course. Paddington Childrenâs Hospital cared for an age range from neonates to eighteen-year-olds. After dealing only with adults for some years now, Thomas was probably more comfortable interacting with the adolescents under his care here but heâd more than rediscovered his fascination with babies in the last few months. And the joy of the children who were old enough to understand how sick they were, brave kids who could teach a lot of people things about dealing with life.
Or kids that touched your heart and made doing the best job you possibly could even more of a priority. It had to be carefully controlled, mind you. If you let yourself get too close, it could not only affect your judgement, but it could also end up threatening to destroy you.
And Thomas Wolfe wasnât about to let that happen again.
He had to pause for a moment, standing in the central corridor of Paddingtonâs cardiology ward, right beside the huge, colourful cut-outs of Pooh Bear and friends that decorated this stretch of wall between the windows of the patientsâ rooms. Tigger seemed to be grinning down at himâmid-bounceâas Thomas pretended to read a new message on his pager.
This had become the hardest case since heâd returned to Paddingtonâs. A little girl who made it almost impossible to keep a safe distance. Six-year-old Penelope Craig didnât just touch the hearts of people who came to know her. She grabbed it with both hands and squeezed so hard it was painful.
It wasnât that he needed a moment to remind himself how important it was to keep that distance, because he had been honing those skills from the moment heâd stepped back through the doors of this astonishing, old hospital and they were already ingrained enough to be automatic. He just needed to make sure the guardrails were completely intact because if there was a weak area, Penny would be the one to find it and push through.
