Kissed by the Country Doc
by Melinda Curtis
Series: Mountain Monroes #1
Series Rating:
Published by Harlequin Heartwarming on February 5, 2019
Setting: Second Chance, Idaho
Genres: Sweet Romance
Pages: 384
Format: ebook, Kindle, Paperback
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Also in this series: The Secrets to My Success: Prequel, Snowed in with the Single Dad, Lassoed by the Would-Be Rancher
She came to sell a town...but she found a home
Never in her wildest dreams could single mum Ella Monroe imagine co-inheriting the small town of Second Chance, Idaho – or falling for its curmudgeonly doctor, Noah Bishop. Despite his rough edges and protests for isolation, Noah has her believing in love at first sight again. But when she's pressured to sell her stake, Ella is torn between family loyalty and following her heart.
Kissed by the Country Doc by Melinda Curtis sees single mom Ella bring her daughter to the snowy mountains of Idaho to visit Second Chance.
Will Ella find another chance at love there?
Ella Bowman Monroe
Ella is the widow of Bryce Monroe, and she has a two-year-old girl named Penny. Penny, Ella, and five cousins of the Monroe line decide to head out to Second Chance, Idaho, to see what it is all about. Mostly to figure out why Grandpa Harlan would leave the town to all twelve grandchildren and his great-grandchildren. Ella is a sweet mom and cousin trying to keep herself tied to the only family she truly knows, thanks to her marriage to Bryce. It seems like the older Monroes, not the cousins, want her out of their family. Besides being a mother, Ella is a savvy real estate agent and good at her job. You tell by how she handles a few of the properties that she could look at.
Noah Bishop
Dr. Noah Bishop was an orthopedic surgeon until he was in an accident that left his hand ugly and unable to perform surgery. So, he goes to hide out in Second Chance, Idaho, to try and be a country general practitioner to everyone in Second Chance. Noah was definitely a grump when Ella showed up, but as they spent more time together, she changed the town’s grump into a good guy. He is like an onion. Ella had to peel back the layers to reveal his inner nice person.
I love Noah and Ella’s relationship and how it blossomed despite their not wanting it to. These two are definitely cute together, and he is an excellent guy to Penny.
The Story
After Grandpa Harlan’s funeral, the Monroe clan attends the reading of his will. The children of Harlan got a sweet deal, while the grandkids and great-grandchildren not so much. So Ella, with Penny in tow and five other Monroes, went to Second Chance to learn more about it. I love how Ms. Curtis set up the series in a way that, in each new installment, we learn more about the town and story.
Five Stars
Kissed by the Country Doc by Melinda Curtis has Harlan Monroe’s grandchildren finding out about their inheritance and learning what to do about it. Ms. Curtis has a great series on her hands, and I can’t wait to get into the next book…at some point. I am giving Kissed by the Country Doc by Melinda Curtis five stars and recommend it.
The Mountain Monroes
Thank you for dropping by! I hope you enjoyed this review of Kissed by the Country Doc by Melinda Curtis.
Until the next time,
Happy Reading!
About Melinda Curtis
Traditional Bio
Although Melinda has lived in Georgia and Texas, she’s a California girl at heart. Her earliest memories are of life on an isolated 50-acre sheep ranch in rural Sonoma County, California. Picture rolling hills covered in brown grass, a eucalyptus forest, a long gravel driveway lined with plump sheep and no sidewalks. It was a big deal to drive into town on a one-lane road in a ramshackle, bubble-fendered pickup for an ice cream.
Flash forward to this century. Melinda lives in California’s hot central valley with her husband – her basketball playing college sweetheart. With three kids the couple has done the soccer thing, the karate thing, the dance thing, the Little League thing and, of course, the basketball thing.
Melinda writes sweet to medium heat contemporary romances as Melinda Curtis and red hot reads as Mel Curtis. She loves writing romances about women who don’t realize how strong they are until a hero comes along to show them, while capturing the wry humorous power struggle of falling in love – because, really, who lets the man have the last word?
The above bio and picture were taken from the author’s site.
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