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HEART LIKE MINE
Echo Lake #2
Maggie McGinnis
Releasing April 5th, 2016
St. Martin's Press
Delaney
Blair loves her job at Echo Lake's Mercy Hospital, where she's developed a
reputation for being smart, fair, and driven. When she's assigned to cut
funding, she has to temporarily relocate her office, put on borrowed scrubs,
and go toe-to-toe with Dr. Joshua Mackenzie, the interim head of the pediatrics
department. His killer smile and rock-star body are distractions Delaney could
do without, but she's determined to stay focused while she brings his budget
into line.
It's not working.
Beloved by his colleagues and patients alike, Josh is too busy caring for sick kids to talk numbers with the sexy, stiletto-clad Delaney. Every time they talk business, tensions run high…but so does a powerful attraction neither of them can ignore. When an emergency brings Mercy to its knees, Delaney and Josh must work together to save lives. But can they also find a way into each other's hearts?
It's not working.
Beloved by his colleagues and patients alike, Josh is too busy caring for sick kids to talk numbers with the sexy, stiletto-clad Delaney. Every time they talk business, tensions run high…but so does a powerful attraction neither of them can ignore. When an emergency brings Mercy to its knees, Delaney and Josh must work together to save lives. But can they also find a way into each other's hearts?
Excerpt
“You’re just going to have to go
down there, Delaney.” Megan propped a hip on Delaney’s desk two days later.
Delaney envied her assistant’s long skirt, gypsy earrings, and long, loose
cotton blouse. In college, she’d have topped it off with a head scarf and
combat boots, but for the workplace, she’d gone with her standard-issue leather
sandals.
Delaney looked down at her own
outfit and wondered when she’d turned into a toned-down version of her country
club mother. Her neatly ironed blouse was set off by a perfectly matched skirt
and jacket, and as she fingered the pearls at her throat, she sighed. Then she
let her eyes coast down her calves, down to the Jimmy Choos she’d bought just
last month. It was her splurge, her bow to girliness and inappropriate
spending, and damn, she loved these shoes.
She really did need to ditch the
pearls, though.
“I can’t just go down there, Megan.”
Delaney felt a tingle at the base of her neck, just thinking of walking onto
the pediatric floor. No, she definitely couldn’t go down there.
“Well, he’s obviously not coming to you.”
“How can he just ignore my messages
like this? It’s downright rude.”
“Or he’s downright busy. Have you
seen the bed count on pediatrics this week?”
“No.” Delaney cringed. It wasn’t the
kind of thing she kept track of on a daily basis.
“There is always the possibility
that he’s not intentionally ignoring you. Just saying.”
“I’ll check.” Delaney clicked into
the system that listed current inpatient numbers. When she got to the pediatric
floor, her eyes widened. “Holy—”
“Exactly.” Megan raised her
eyebrows.
“We don’t even have that many pediatric beds.”
“I know. They had to move a couple
of the teenagers up to adult floors to make space.”
Delaney clicked back through the
past month, and the patient counts went up and down a little bit, but not much.
“I’m just saying—this could be why
Dr. Mackenzie hasn’t called back.” Megan leaned close to Delaney and plucked
open her top button. “Which means you, third floor, this afternoon. He’s
clearly isn’t coming to you.”
Delaney felt the chills creep down
her spine. She had never actually been on Mercy’s pediatric floor—had never
been on any pediatric floor—not since
Parker had died.
“Delaney? You okay?” Megan’s brow
creased as she studied Delaney’s face. “You are six shades of white, girl. Does
talking to non-executive-suite people make you this scared?”
“No.” Delaney’s voice came out in a
whisper.
“Oh.” Megan’s hand flew to her
mouth. “Oh, God. I’m sorry.” She squeezed her eyes shut. “I’m so sorry. I
wasn’t thinking.”
Delaney nodded slowly. “It’s okay.
It’s been—a long time since he died. Not like you would think of it.”
“But I should have. I’m really
sorry.” Megan tried to look into her eyes, but Delaney’s felt all shifty. “Do
you want me to go with you?”
“No, Meg. I don’t want to go at all.”
“But—”
“I know. He’s not coming to me.” She
took a deep breath, blowing it out slowly. Maybe it wouldn’t be horrible. Maybe
she wouldn’t melt into a panic-puddle at the elevator doors. Maybe she wouldn’t
see Parker everywhere she looked.
Maybe pigs flew.
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