The Nurse's Rescue

The Nurse's Rescue
Alison Roberts

Risking his life…for love?Paramedic Joe Barrington is determined not to give in to his attraction for nurse Jessica McPhail. She's irresistible – but he just can't get involved with a mother. And Jessica has to put her child, Ricky, first.They'll work side by side on the Search and Rescue team – but that will have to be all.But when Joe risks his life to rescue her son in an accident, he and Jessica realize that the bond between them is growing stronger by the day…too strong to resist!

“That’s Ricky in there. I’m going to get him.”

“We’ll find another way in, Jess.” Joe was still pulling her away. “This is too dangerous—for all of us.”

The other members of their team were well ahead now, outside the side entrance to the mall and running for cover.

“Noooooo!” The sound was distraught. Half sob, half scream.

Joe looked back. He looked at the sagging ceiling. He looked at the network of new cracks appearing on the walls. He listened to the alien groans and sighs that warned of a possible new collapse. Maybe this whole section would cave in within seconds.

And maybe it wouldn’t.

Maybe there was time for someone strong and fit enough to run back and save the life of a small and terrified child.

And then Joe looked at Jessica.

And there was no other choice to be made.

CITY SEARCH AND RESCUE

Life and love are on the line…

The Team:

Dedicated professionals—doctors, nurses, paramedics, police and firefighters—trained to save lives in urban disasters.

The Dangers:

A crowded building collapses, and in the aftermath of the disaster the team must save innocent lives—at the risk of their own….

The Romance:

Passions run high as the dramas unfold—and life and love are on the line!

The Nurse’s Rescue is the second book of Alison Roberts’s heart-pounding

CITY SEARCH AND RESCUE miniseries.

The drama concludes in Ross and Wendy’s story—coming soon in Medical RomanceTM!

The Nurse’s Rescue

Alison Roberts

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

CONTENTS

Cover (#u61cb271b-904d-5eba-af82-9aa788424254)

Excerpt (#u9183782d-f6b7-591e-8bdf-c7dd4e560170)

Introduction (#uc3d3d851-e9df-5056-a6b7-44f10788dc1f)

Title Page (#ua0a894a3-f1d5-58b3-8873-edc3e9f41355)

CHAPTER ONE (#u9e616755-e8bf-521f-b946-a065764d9676)

CHAPTER TWO (#u41af22e4-289f-5c09-bcf0-79e65fef3631)

CHAPTER THREE (#ud52eb62d-a9b7-5ce4-9b60-971af9b58f82)

CHAPTER FOUR (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER FIVE (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER SIX (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER SEVEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER EIGHT (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER NINE (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER TEN (#litres_trial_promo)

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CHAPTER ONE (#ulink_3033ab81-154c-5332-a058-8ec0642eae66)

‘YOU cannot be serious!’

‘You can’t stop me. I won’t let you stop me.’ Jessica McPhail drew herself up to her full height of five feet six inches. The extra couple of inches provided by the heels on the heavy steel-capped boots she wore and the curve that the safety helmet added meant that she wasn’t unduly disadvantaged by her stature. She put all her energy into the assertive glare she was directing at the man confronting her. She had to.

She was fighting for her life here.

‘Just watch me, lady.’ The man wasn’t about to have his authority undermined. The glance he flicked towards Jessica’s right arm was confident. ‘You’re hardly in a position to argue the toss.’

Jessica could feel the band of fingers trapping her upper arm. The physical contact from the man, a member of the police special operations team, was as unacceptable as the uncompromising directive he had issued. She jerked her arm, only to find the pressure of his fingers increasing to the point of pain.

‘You’ll go now,’ the man ordered, ‘or I’ll have you arrested…as quick as that.’ The snap of his fingers was silent, thanks to the heavy gloves he wore, but the effect was still dismissive.

‘You won’t do that.’