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Author:Fiona Lowe [Lowe, Fiona]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781460342985
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

The Nurse’s Longed-For Family

Fiona Lowe

CHAPTER ONE

JESS HENDERSON gave a final wave as Dr David Parkinson’s four-wheel-drive turned the corner. A selfish sadness tightened in a circle around her heart as the vehicle and the great family inside it disappeared from view.

She faced three months without the warm and loving presence of the family she’d come to love. David and his wife had given her a job as their practice nurse at the Community Health Centre when her sister’s death had forced her to come to Roseport two short months ago. But, more than a job, they’d welcomed her, and helped her adjust to her new role as mother to her small nephew Woody.

She sighed. Three months without their support.

Three months working with a doctor she’d only met half an hour ago. A doctor who didn’t look comfortable in his new surroundings. In fact, he didn’t look happy at all.

He looked to be a totally different personality from David. But first impressions could be wrong. During their brief introductions she’d got the gut feeling he didn’t really want to be in Roseport.

But, the sooner she got to know him, the better she would feel. And if that involved making polite conversation, then so be it.

She took a quick sideways glance at Dr Alexander Fitzwilliam. The man David called Alex. He looked out of place in the seaside town wearing an impeccable designer suit. At six foot one, he towered over her. Usually her five foot four inches felt tall enough, but not today. His presence seemed to dwarf her, and she was very aware of him.

His dark tailored suit accentuated his broad shoulders, and the jacket fell open to reveal a flat, taut stomach. Pleated trousers clung to narrow hips, emphasising his long legs. The soft material teasingly hinted at what lay underneath.

Jess fleetingly wondered what he would look like in Roseport’s signature dress code of shorts. Or in a wetsuit, slick with water. Her breath caught in her throat.

She risked a quick glance upward, tilting her chin to see his face. His red hair, streaked with blond tips, seemed to be more in keeping with Roseport’s relaxed lifestyle. It hit his collar, giving him a boyish look at odds with his citified air. His clear turquoise-green eyes matched the colour of the water of Roseport Bay, and right now they were staring straight at her.

A flush of heat travelled through her, surprising her. She squashed it immediately. She had no time in her life for an attraction to a locum doctor. Besides, she was flat out learning how to be a mother to twenty-two-month-old Woody.

‘So, they’ve gone and we’re here.’ He looked down at Jess and gave her a tight half-smile.

‘Yes, Doctor, so it seems.’ Arrgh—how tongue-tied and inane could she possibly sound? But something about Dr Fitzwilliam made her feel gauche.

‘Call me Alex. Everyone does—except my mother, when I’ve upset her, and then I get Alexander.’ He grinned at the thought. The tension so evident on his face since arriving this morning slid away, and a dimple appeared in his cheek.

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