By: Fiona Lowe
Releasing July 7th, 2015
Berkeley Sensation
Summer
in Montana brings heat with a chance of romance in the new Medicine River
Romance from the award-winning author of Montana Actually
Sexy and charming Australian doctor Will Bartlett will
do anything to help out a friend, even if it means moving to Bear Paw for the
summer. Some small-town hospitality, and the uncomplicated friendship of his
co-worker, Millie, is just the ticket to shake off the restlessness that’s been
gripping him lately.
Millie Switkowski, RN and medical student, is home for
her clinical rotation, and she’s determined to make this summer so much better
than last. She’s got a year of medical school under her belt, her diabetes is
under control and she’s kicked her crazy crush for Will Bartlett, who only ever
treated her as “one of the guys.”
But when Will turns out to be Millie’s supervising
physician, without warning the summer gets a whole lot hotter than either of
them anticipated. With both of them holding onto thorny secrets, can they walk
away with their hearts intact?
So let’s begin with the fact that this story is not just about one couple! Of no!!! There are 2 wonderful couples that you fall in love with. And while with other books that would become confusing and annoying, this author has intertwined these characters, so there lives flow seamlessly together.
Millie
and Will’s reunion got off to a bumpy start; after thinking she was gay, he
encourages her to try asking the new deputy sheriff Tara, out on a date. This
would have been great; if Millie was gay…but she wasn’t. Millie was in love
with Will, but after an embarrassing brush off by Will last time they met,
Millie was hesitant to be around him.
Where
it comes to our other couple Ethan and Tara, they meet in a completely
different way…when Tara arrested him for breaking into his OWN house! After that
mix up, Tara found it hard to relate to Ethan, even though she was wildly
attracted to him. She didn’t understand why he was such a nice guy and why he
allowed the twitter obsessed town to make fun of him.
Needless
to say that neither of these couples has a smooth courtship and both relationships
implode pretty spectacularly! But is it all over or can they find their way
back to each other.
This
book is marvelous! Simply marvelous! Truly
Madly Montana is a book that I became so engrossed in; that life escaped. I
found the writing enchanting and smooth. I found the characters well developed
and when it comes to the situation of diabetes (one of our characters has it),
I found it to be very accurate (my husband suffers from it) from emotions of
the person with diabetes; as well as the family members who also live with the
restrictions.
Overall
Truly Madly Montana is a divine book, which I couldn’t put down! It receives a well-deserved
10 out of 10!
“It’s a bachelor party, Millie. Moose Drool is mandatory,” he said, filling a glass with the amber liquid. “You can worry about your weight tomorrow.”
And
you’re home. Her gut tightened. Half of her was
grateful Shane didn’t know about her diabetes, while the other half of her
hated that she’d just taken a hit about her weight. She wasn’t obese, but then
again, she was hardly willow thin, either. She knew this sort of banter was how
guys talked to one another, and she’d never expected them to treat her any
differently before. Tonight wasn’t the night to go all girlie on them.
“A
beer and pass the buffalo wings, Shane,”
she said brightly. As for the alcohol, she’d have to bolus insulin for the
carbs and make that one beer last the entire night. Turning back to Josh, she
asked, “How’s Katrina?”
“She
says to say hi and told me to tell you that you’re not to party too hard
tonight because she wants you in good shape at her girls’ night tomorrow.”
“Is
that code for me to stay sober so I can keep an eye on you?”
He
grinned. “Maybe, although I don’t think I’ve ever seen you even a little bit
buzzed.”
And
you won’t. She’d been there, done that, years
before he’d come to town, and it just wasn’t worth the health risk. She still
carried the guilt, and that weighed her down enough.
Pushing
the past back where it belonged, she slapped him on the back in typical
guy-style. “As the best man, it’s my job to make sure you don’t get injured
when you inevitably fall off the mechanical bull, to guarantee
no cowboy takes you outside and sits you backward on a horse and, as the
designated driver, to get you home in one piece by midnight.”
He
slung his arm around her shoulder, the touch easy and friendly. “And that’s why
I chose you to be my best man.”
“That
and the fact you couldn’t ask Ty Garver no matter how much you want him
standing next to you,” she said sadly, thinking about the cowboy who’d fallen
in love with Katrina years ago.
“Well, yeah, there is
that.” Josh sighed with heartfelt understanding. “And
Will
Bartlett’s not available.
He couldn’t get anyone to cover him at MontMedAir for the weekend.”
And
there is a God. Not that she didn’t like
Will; she did. In fact, last year, she’d liked the Aussie MontMedAir doctor
just a little too much. Heat burned her cheeks at the embarrassing
recollections. Having a crush at sixteen was normal; crushing on a work colleague at twenty-five probably got a listing in
the DSM-5.
The memory of last spring and summer was still excruciatingly embarrassing,
given he’d barely noticed her other than as one of many people he came into
contact with through work.
Will
was laid-back, easygoing and charming, and he had a way of making people feel
appreciated and part of a team. That had been her undoing—being appreciated was
powerful stuff, and Floyd Coulson, Bear Paw’s hospital administrator, could
learn a thing or two from him. Given all that, she’d read way too much into Will’s
generous praise, especially as he often said, “You’re the best, Millie,” when
she’d accompanied him on MontMedAir retrievals.
Following
him on Twitter and pretending it was because of his #FOAMed tweets—free open
access medication—was borderline stalker
behavior, although totally educational. What the guy didn’t know about
emergency airway management wasn’t worth knowing. At least she’d come to her
senses before clicking on Add Friend on his Facebook
account, and for that, she was both proud and grateful. Sadly, she’d undone
that bit of clear thinking after a traumatic medical evacuation last August.
It
was the fifth time she’d been the accompanying nurse out of Bear Paw, and they
were airlifting two badly injured tourists who’d been involved in motor vehicle
accident. They’d flown out between two storm fronts, and the pilot had given
her the all clear to check the patients’ vitals. She was out of her seat when
the plane hit an air pocket, and she’d been thrown sideways, landing face-first
in Will’s lap. She still got a hot and cold flash whenever she thought about
it.
He’d
gripped her arms, lifted her up and checked she was okay before hitting her
with his devastatingly gorgeous smile—the one that radiated from his full lips,
creased his tan cheeks and crinkled the edges of his unusual dark blue eyes.
He’d quipped something about things moving fast for a first date, which had
disarmed her all-consuming embarrassment and made her crush-filled brain
totally misunderstand what he meant. When they landed and had handed over their
patients to the Seattle hospital staff, she’d suggested they have a drink.
“Great
idea, Mils,” he’d said with his sexy Australian diphthong, sounding as if he
truly believed the words. Her heart had soared, flipped and high-fived all at
once only to plummet to her feet when he’d continued with, “but I’ll have to
take a rain check.”
Of
course he would.
Fiona Lowe
is a RITA® and R*BY award-winning, multi-published author with Harlequin ,
Carina Press and, Berkley USA. Whether her books are set in outback Australia
or the USA, they feature small towns with big hearts, and warm, likeable
characters that make you fall in love. When she's not writing stories, she's a
weekend wife, mother of two 'ginger' teenage boys, guardian of 80 rose bushes,
slave to a cat and often found collapsed on the couch with wine.
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