Welcome to the world of St Piranâs Hospitalâ
Next to the rugged shores of Penhally Bay lies the picturesque Cornish town of St Piran, where youâll find a bustling hospital famed for the dedication, talent and passion of its staffâon and off the wards!
Under the warmth of the Cornish sun Italian doctors, heart surgeons and playboy princes discover that romance blossoms in the most unlikely of placesâ¦
Youâll also meet the devilishly handsome Dr Josh OâHara and the beautiful, fragile Megan Phillipsâ¦and discover the secret that tore these star-crossed lovers apart.
Turn the page to step into St Piranâsâwhere every drama has a dreamy doctorâ¦and a happy ending.
MAGGIE KINGSLEY says she canât remember a time when she didnât want to be a writer, but she put her dream on hold and decided to âbe sensibleâ and become a teacher instead. Five years at the chalkface was enough to convince her she wasnât cut out for it, and she âescapedâ to work for a major charity. Unfortunatelyâor fortunately!âa back injury ended her career, and when she and her family moved to a remote cottage in the north of Scotland it was her family who nagged her into attempting to make her dream a reality. Combining a love of romantic fiction with a knowledge of medicine gleaned from the many professionals in her family, Maggie says she canât now imagine ever being able to have so much fun legally doing anything else!
Dear Reader
Writing is a solitary occupation. Normally itâs just you, your computer, or a pen and notebook for company as you set off on a new journey, a new story, so working as part of a continuity is a noveltyâa decidedly nice one. It means you get the chance to âtalkâ to fellow Medical⢠Romance writers, to thrash out ideas, to create great linking characters, and to discover who has drunk the most coffee that day, or eaten the most sticky buns. Well, we writers need inner sustenance as well as imagination!
Being part of the St Piranâs Hospital series has been such a joyânot least because I grew to love both of my characters, even though there were times when I wanted to grab Connor by the lapels of his smart city suit and yell, âTalk to Brianna, you idiot! Just tell her how you feel!â
But he canât talk to Brianna about what broke her heart, and she doesnât know how to get through to himâuntil they are thrown together in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of St Piranâs Hospital in Cornwall, and then itâs decision time for both of them. Have they a future together, or will they go their separate ways?
Youâll have to read this book to find out, but I do hope you will enjoy reading about Connor and Brianna as much as I enjoyed writing about them.
Best wishes
Maggie Kingsley
Dedication
I often wonder how my sister Elizabeth puts up with my many crises of confidence when Iâm writing, without ever saying to me, âMaggie, get a grip!â or strangling me, but she does. So thank you, little sister, and this book is dedicated to you, for your patience, forbearance, and all the times youâve listened to me when Iâve said, âOK, do you think this would be better?â without running screaming from the room.
ST PIRANâS HOSPITAL
Where every drama has a dreamy doctorâ¦and a happy ending.
In December we gave you the first two St Piranâs stories in one month!
Nick Tremayne and Kate Althorp finally got their happy-ever-after in: ST PIRANâS: THE WEDDING OF THE YEAR by Caroline Anderson
Dr Izzy Bailey was swept off her feet by sexy Spaniard Diego Ramirez: ST PIRANâS: RESCUING PREGNANT CINDERELLA by Carol Marinelli
In January the arrival of sizzlingly hot Italian neurosurgeon Giovanni Corezzi was enough to make any woman forget the cold! ST PIRANâS: ITALIAN SURGEON, FORBIDDEN BRIDE by Margaret McDonagh
In February daredevil doc William MacNeil unexpectedly discovered he was a father in: ST PIRANâS: DAREDEVIL, DOCTORâ¦DAD! by Anne Fraser
March saw a new heart surgeon who had everyoneâs pulses racing in: ST PIRANâS: THE BROODING HEART SURGEON by Alison Roberts
Last month fireman Tom Nicholson stole Flora Lovedayâs heart in: ST PIRANâS: THE FIREMAN AND NURSE LOVEDAY by Kate Hardy
This month, newborn twins could just bring a marriage miracle for Brianna and Connor ST PIRANâS: TINY MIRACLE TWINS by Maggie Kingsley
And playboy Prince Alessandro Cavalieri honours St Piranâs with a visit in June ST PIRANâS: PRINCE ON THE CHILDRENâS WARD by Sarah Morgan
People say time heals everything but it doesnât, not completely, never totally. Sometimes all it takes is the overheard fragment of a song, a whispered comment, or an unexpected meeting, and the scab that time has so carefully placed over the old wound begins to come apart, leaving the pain just as acute as it ever was, just as raw.
âSO, the rumours are true, then,â Sister Brianna Flannigan observed as she sipped her coffee in the canteen of St Piranâs. âA troubleshooter really is coming to the hospital to see which departments should be closed?â