The Doctor's Daughter

Rebeccah Randolph, an English aristocrat, arrives in America per her dying mother’s wishes. With preconceived ideas of Americans, se is surprised by Col. Sayer MacLaren. Sayer has been assigned to Ft. Union after experiencing the horrors of the Great Plains Indian wars. She has no intentions of staying with her father or sister but returning to England to marry her fiancé. However she must stay for the time period requested by her mother.

Rebeccah is a ball of conflict. At the start, she finds herself wanting to go home yet as time passes and the emotional pull of new relationships becomes stronger making it a little more difficult to say goodbye. Her English upbringing clashes with what she feels for Sayer. She is stuck on the social etiquette and customs she grew up with. It became annoying that she refused to say she loved Sayer but had already physically loved him. Sayer is a man who has been through hell and back. He is undoubtedly a strong man in spirit and body. They make a very nice duo as their love story unfolds. The eroticism is light compared to what appears in historical romances these days but it fits the story.

THE DOCTOR'S DAUGHTER is set in a time period that isn’t used often these days but the author knows her stuff and she will sweep the reader back to the Old West. The author vividly describes the time period and what the settlers have to endure. With a likable lead couple and a whole host of supporting players, this was an enjoyable read.

June 2007