This book contains:
- Dementia in the younger and older generations
- Mentions of an amicable divorce.
Ben is the newest doctor at Peony Practice in Heartcross, taking over from Dr Taylor a few months prior to this book starting. Since taking over, he’s fallen in love with the community, even if he’s struggling to find his exact place but he’s recognised that he needs another doctor to help him manage the load so he can truly be a part of Heartcross.
Katie is the second doctor to join Heartcross and is Ben’s backup to support the community. She’s all in with everything she does, and she does A LOT, and she’s determined to keep others out of her private life.
Ben has asked for a second doctor to be brought into Peony Practice, and on the night of his birthday celebrations, Katie makes her bombshell entrance. At the discovery of who the new doctor is, we also learn that they’re arch nemesis from their university days.
When Katie proposes a charity rowing race, their competitive streak comes out and their old rivalry comes back in full force driving their story.
After seeing A Winter Wedding at Starcross Manor come up on a cover reveal tour, and discovering I’d missed some of Christie’s Love Heart Lane books I went back and bought all the books I’d missed. This being the first one I’d missed and bought.
While I’m used to seeing spelling, grammar and other typos in the advanced copies of books I read (they have yet to go through final editing), I don’t expect to see the amount I saw in this book when I’m paying for a book. I know some small errors are likely to still get through, that’s normal since we’re human, but I certainly don’t expect that many.
The story itself also bugged me. While the overall structure, descriptions etc etc were all there to make the recipe for a good romance. The simple fact that these were two brand new characters, I struggled to relate to them, and I didn’t find them hugely likeable didn’t help.
I still found myself enjoying it as I read it, I just didn’t love it. I didn’t find myself desperate to get back to the book while working or studying. Instead, I was just reading while eating meals and slowly worked my way through without really ever actually getting 100% involved in the story.
