What The Doctor Ordered

What The Doctor Ordered
Cheryl Wolverton

Come and meet the folks of Fairweather, Minnesota, the small town with the big heart that you'll want to return to again and again!Dr. Morgan Talbot didn't know what he'd been missing until the day Rachel Anderson White moved back to Fairweather. From the moment they collided in the hall, he was determined to bring joy and laughter back into the lives of Rachel and her young daughter.Rachel had lost her faith and felt that she could trust no one–especially when it concerned her daughter, Lindsay. Yet Morgan's steadfast care soon began to win them both over. Rachel found herself smiling–and falling in love!Could it really be true that wedding vows were just what this doctor ordered?

Dr. Morgan Talbot was too handsome by half.

Rachel could spend hours just staring at him and watching the different expressions that crossed his face, listening to his deep musical laughter.

“Time for your examination, Rachel. Surely you don’t expect your daughter to be examined if you aren’t?”

“Oh.” Flushing, she nodded and added, “Very ingenious of you.” She stood and hopped up onto the tiny pediatric table.

“Did I mention you look nice in your navy suit?”

Her color inched up a notch. “Thank you, Doctor.”

“Now, lift your arm,” he said in his professional tone.

She lifted her arm.

“Now drop it.”

She dropped it. “Why?”

“I just wanted to see if you’d do it.”

Rachel smacked his arm. He chuckled and so did she.

CHERYL WOLVERTON

grew up in a military town, though her father was no longer in the service when she was born. She attended Tomlinson Junior High School and Lawton High School and was attending Cameron when she met her husband, Steve. After a whirlwind courtship of two weeks they became engaged. Four months later they were married, and that was over seventeen years ago.

Cheryl and Steve have two wonderful children, Christina, sixteen, and Jeremiah, thirteen. Cheryl loves having two wonderful teenagers in the house.

As for books, Cheryl has written eight novels for the Steeple Hill Love Inspired line and is currently working on new novels. Watch for her third book in the series HILL CREEK, TEXAS, as well as other surprises planned in the future. You can contact Cheryl at P.O. Box 207, Slaughter, LA 70777. She loves to hear from readers.

What the Doctor Ordered

Cheryl Wolverton

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

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God and are called according to his purpose.

—Romans 8:28

Dedicated to all the mothers and fathers who have been there for their kids.

Acknowledgments

James, big bro, this one is to you. What can I say? I love you.

Sometimes there are special people who touch your life, people you never forget. Years later you still remember the kind deeds they did or the gentle spirit they had. I know two such people. Dr. Jerry Youker. Your gentle spirit, your care for the person as a person and not just as a patient, has never left me! The way you allowed me to follow you around as a volunteer at Comanche County Memorial Hospital in Lawton, Oklahoma, will never be forgotten.

And Dr. Mogab! Oh, how I loved to be tested by you, as you’d let me look at X rays with you and go in rooms with you as you stitched up people! I still have those fond memories of being student to your teacher. Thank you both.

Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One