A snowy Christmas…with her gorgeous boss!
Spending Christmas working in the Italian Alps following
another(!) breakup, Dr. Natalie is focused on keeping herself busy -- with work
only! What she hadn't factored in was sexy, charismatic and caring GP Gio. Gio
really is the complete package, but Natalie's on her guard this time. Until an
infant abandoned in a Nativity manger temporarily needs their care, giving them
a reason to embrace the spirit of the season…together!
Natalie, a British-Italian emergency room doctor, has
just experienced the ending of yet another romantic relationship. Her Italian
grandfather invited her to spend Christmas with him and his friends in the Italian
Alps. This gives her a chance to reevaluate her life. She's about to turn forty,
and her dream of marriage and children hasn't come to pass, so she decides to
concentrate on work. Natalie also has another challenge: she has ADHD, which frequently complicates her
relationships and work.
I felt bad for Natalie. She's always honest about her
ADHD with the men she dates, but it doesn't take long before they start trying
to change her behavior. She takes short-term jobs as a substitute doctor,
believing that once her coworkers get to know her, they, too, will try to
change her. It makes for a lonely life. She signed on to help at the family
clinic in the village where she and her grandfather are staying.
Gio is the doctor at the clinic. He also owns the house
where Natalie and her grandfather are staying and has his own rooms there. Natalie's
grandfather and his friends were Gio's professors back in medical school, so he
enjoys having them stay. He's taken with Natalie when he meets her but is wary
of getting involved. His last relationship also ended badly.
I enjoyed watching Gio and Natalie's relationship develop.
Natalie's ADHD gets worse when she's nervous, and her first encounter with Gio
gets her seriously flustered. Gio quickly won my heart with his easy acceptance
of Natalie's quirks and insistence that nothing was wrong with her. They make a
great team at work, where Natalie's rapport with the patients shines. It doesn't
take long for them to admit their attraction and give in to it.
They do well at communicating with each other, but each
still holds back just a little, their pasts making them wary of risking
everything. When an abandoned baby is found in the church nativity scene, Gio
and Natalie step up to care for her. But the baby's presence stirs up insecurities
in both. It takes some timely advice to break through the fears holding them
back. The ending was sweet, and the epilogue was fantastic. I especially enjoyed seeing how Natalie found the perfect job for her.
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