Dare she dream of a future...
With Cameron and his little girl?
Returning to her Scottish hometown, GP Bethan Monroe has no idea the handsome single father she’s replacing, Dr. Cameron Brodie, hides a serious illness. Bethan’s healing from her own heartache, but the gorgeous doc and his young daughter bring light back into her life. Does she have the courage to give them her heart and grasp the happiness life still has in store?
LOUISA HEATON lives on Hayling Island, Hampshire, with her husband, four children and a small zoo. She has worked in various roles in the health industry—most recently four years as a Community First Responder, answering 999 calls. When not writing Louisa enjoys other creative pursuits, including reading, quilting and patchwork—usually instead of the things she ought to be doing!
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Saving the Single Dad Doc
Louisa Heaton
ISBN: 978-1-474-07516-9
SAVING THE SINGLE DAD DOC
© 2018 Louisa Heaton
Published in Great Britain 2018
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To Nan and Grandad,
whom we lost within weeks of each other.
It was way too soon and no one was ready.
This is for you.
Contents
‘SO...YOU’RE GOING after all, then?’
Dr Bethan Monroe didn’t need to look at her grandmother to know she was disappointed. She’d heard it in her voice. But what was she to do?
‘I have to, Nanna.’
‘No, you don’t. Not with him. Not with a Brodie.’
Bethan groaned out loud. It really was quite childish, this feud her nanna had against that family. Okay, maybe not the whole family, but most definitely against one of them in particular. Thankfully the one she was seeing today was not her nanna’s arch-nemesis—rather, he was his grandson.
‘I