What happens when two medical professionals--ex Army medicfrom a village in the Scottish Highlands and an inner city nurse frominner-city London--switch jobs for three months and become unlikely pen pals?Lissa, is a nurse in a gritty, hectic London neighborhood. Always terribly competent and good at keeping itall together, she's been suffering quietly with PTSD after helping to save thevictim of a shocking crime. Her supervisor quietly arranges for Lissa to spenda few months doing a much less demanding job in the little town of Kirrinfeifin the Scottish Highlands, hoping that the change of scenery will help her heal. Lissa will be swapping places with Cormack, an Army veteran who's Kirrinfeif'seasygoing nurse/paramedic/all-purpose medical man. Lissa's never experiencedsmall-town life, and Cormack's never spent more than a day in a big city, butit seems like a swap that would do them both some good. In London, the gentleCormack is a fish out of the water; in Kirrinfief, the dynamic Lissa finds ithard to adjust to the quiet. But these two strangers are now in constantcontact, taking over each other's patients, endlessly emailing about anythingand everything. Lissa and Cormack discover a new depth of feeling...for theirprofession and for each other. But what will happenwhen Lissa and Cormack finally meet...?
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Colgan, Jenny
JENNY COLGAN nasceu em 1972, na Escócia, e é autora de comédias românticas, ficções científicas e histórias infantis. Seus mais de 40 livros foram lançados em dezenas de países e já venderam milhões de exemplares. Pela Arqueiro, já publicou A pequena livraria dos sonhos, A padaria dos finais felizes, A adorável loja de chocolates de Paris, Um novo capítulo para o amore A pequena ilha da Escócia. Jenny adora bolo, Doctor Who e livros muito, muito longos – quanto mais longos, melhor. Mora em Edimburgo com o marido, os três filhos e os cachorros. |