Publisher: Harlequin Medical Romance

Dr. Nathan Young signs on for a 6 month contract at an Australian small town clinic that Morena Camden inherited from her father. Divorced and now single with a baby in tow, Morena certainly could use more relief. Nathan can charm even the most difficult patient, but every time he gets near a baby or a pregnant woman, he backs away. Why? Why did Nathan insist on a 6 month contract when the position was advertised as permanent? With hurt so deep in both Morena and Nathan, can these two come together and see beyond their pasts? Can attraction lead to love?

Lucy Clark's Her Very Special Baby is a romance after my own heart. First, the interactions with the elderly patients, such as Mr. Dinsmore delight with a sense of compassion and understanding between generations. Despite the hurts from their pasts, Nathan and Morena set off a spark in each other. It's not just a physical spark, but a sense of humor and lightness, a playfulness they inspire in each other. Lucy Clark's Her Very Special Baby has 2 powerful messages about hurt: People of a certain age all have baggage and fearing fear is often worse than than the actual events. These two themes work together to create a moving second chance romance. Lucy Clark's romance also allows readers to see medical people as people, people who have fears and concerns about the people they love --- people not so different than patients in their own lives. Very nice!

Certain things just work better in Medical Romances that do not work so well for me in other lines. One thing that really irks me is when the heroine talks the hero into loving her. I just prefer it when an event or something else makes the hero realize his love or come to terms with it. I just don't buy the talk into love, psychological breakthrough moment most of the time. I prefer to see that change come from within. In this Medical romance, it just works better because it is a medical. Nathan needs to forgive himself... Morena isn't just a lover, she is a doctor. It is that mix that does it. A heroine without the medical background might not have led him there. Doctors had not led him there in the past so he needs more than just another doctor to talk with him. It works here.