Josie Metcalfe, Romantic Novels

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No Alternative

The first in a series of books set in St Augustine's hospital.

Ella (Elinore) is the daughter of eminent medics who alienated her whole family when she decided she would rather become a chiropractor.

Adam is a dedicated orthopaedic surgeon whose attitude towards alternative and complimentary therapies has been strongly coloured by his sister’s death. He is torn between his attraction towards Ella as a person and his mistrust of her profession while she resents Adam denigrating her profession the way hr parents always have even as her attraction to him grows. With both of them appointed to a research forum, clashes are inevitable but that doesn’t stop the attraction growing between them.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in December 1994.

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Secrets to Keep

Second St Augustine’s book

Jacob could easily expect to feel hostility towards Louise, after all, it was her husband’s reckless driving that had killed his wife, leaving their premature baby fighting for her life. But while he watches her tenderly caring for her own dying baby, animosity is the last thing he’s feeling, and when he comes up with the suggestion that she should take on the care of his child, permanently…

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in February 1995.

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Hell on Wheels

Sophie and Luke first knew each other at school but their common goal of becoming doctors wasn’t the only thing drawing them together. His return to town on a bigger motorbike than ever shows he’s still the same rebel she first fell for but her life has changed so much that it’s unlikely they’ll ever be able to do more than work together.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in May 1995.

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Seeing Eye to Eye

Sian and Sam are heading towards divorce when an administrative mix-up has them both reporting for a volunteer stint on Orbis, the flying eye hospital. Far from home in the high-pressure confines of the converted aeroplane they have to be totally professional because their patients need them, but their off-duty hours are another matter.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in August 1995.

A Voice in the Dark

Jenny, a single mother, is on her way to join her twins and their grandparents on holiday in Spain when the plane is forced to land unexpectedly. That’s when she discovers that Tomas, a fellow passenger, was once a leukaemia patient of hers. As a result of disastrous previous relationships in both their backgrounds, he doesn’t trust that she’s not after his considerable family wealth while she’s worried that the only reason he wants a relationship with her is because she has children… which he can now never have.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in December 1995.

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Bound by Honour

Needing to 'disappear' from a fraught situation, Honour chooses the wrong person's ID to misappropriate, but when Matt extracts her agreement to accompany him to Peru to relieve a colleague at a remote clinic, it isn't hard to agree, not when the attraction she feels towards him far outweighs his glowering disapproval of her.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in February 1996.

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Forgotten Pain

There’s something about Luke and the shadows in his eyes that sets Sally’s antennae buzzing. He’s unfairly good-looking and he’s obviously excellent at his job but that can’t outweigh the fact that when she tries to get to know him better, he’s so evasive that she knows he’s hiding secrets.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in April 1996.

Loud and Clear

All her life Emma has tried to suppress the ‘gift’ passed down through her family, knowing that it could make her an outcast if others came to know of it, even if she were only using it for the good of her patients. Then Adam arrives, the epitome of tall-dark-and-handsome and every inch the product of his Native American heritage battling to make a life-changing decision and with eyes that see far too much.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in June 1996.

Worth Waiting For

Hope has struggled to bring up her daughter with the same sense of responsibility that has kept her going through her years of nursing. When she announces her impending marriage to the nephew and ward of Hope’s doctor colleague, Adam, it sets off a whole new set of conflicts, but also brings the two colleagues into far closer proximity than she would ever have allowed under other circumstances.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in August 1996.

For Now, For Always

Maria has all that is best and worst of her Mediterranean heritage – the dark-haired beauty and passionate nature combined with the inherited shadow of thalassaemia. Her encounter with Leo at a dark moment in both their lives sets off a train of events that threatens to destroy anything they might have had together.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in October 1996.

A Wish for Christmas

In the course of her work Karen has regularly come into contact with a charity that tries to fulfil wishes for terminally sick children and when she is asked to become involved with taking two of her patients to visit Father Christmas in Lapland, one of the children being the son of her boss, Nathan, she really can’t refuse.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in December 1996.

Valentine's Husband

As part of her efforts to cope with the loss of her husband, Valentine is trying to fulfil his wish to trace his Huguenot roots. Her visit to France coincides with atrocious weather that prompts her to offer her services when the local hospital is swamped. She can’t help responding to Guy’s dark good looks but how can he be sure that she’s not just looking for someone to replace the man she’s lost?

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in February 1997.

Heart Surgeon

Helen is desperate to accompany Noah when he travels to perform surgery on a wealthy man’s ailing heir, because the country he’s travelling to is the same one to which her ex-husband has taken their kidnapped child who needs the same surgery performed on him.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in May 1997.

First Things First

Part one of a trilogy.

Nick is worse than a grumpy bear but it is only when Polly confronts him for upsetting her staff that she discovers that his devastating heartache is so similar to her own. With that in common, what chance is there that they could ever find happiness together?

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in October 1997.

Second Chance

Part two of a trilogy

The last thing Laura expected when she was cajoled into attending the Autumn Ball was that she would win the sexiest dance of her life with a man who really knew how to kiss. Wolff had only helped his friend out on the promise that no-one could possibly recognise him… except Laura does.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in November 1997.

Third Time Lucky

Part three of a trilogy.

Hannah’s past meant that she had little interest in sexy playboy Leo’s attentions. That changed when she nearly lost her friend, Laura, but she knew that there was little chance Leo would continue his pursuit once he knew her secret.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in January 1998.

A Little Bit of Magic

Dare had little respect for Penny after their initial meeting and it wasn’t any better when they met up on her first assignment with a medical charity. Unfortunately, the longer she worked with Dare the more Penny started hoping for the impossible.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in April 1998.

Promises to Keep

GP Josh is a single father struggling with an impossible work load so a car crash was the last thing he needed. Bethan’s holiday was supposed to be a chance to make some hard decisions about her future but how could she ignore a fellow GP in need, especially when he had such an irresistible daughter…

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in August 1998.

Instant Father Christmas

Called into hospital with other full-term mums as a precaution when heavy snow is forecast, Livvy is soon lending a hand to her hard-pressed colleagues. Then Daniel, the husband she has never stopped loving, turns up and so scrambles her emotions that she even misses the signs that she’s in labour.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in December 1998.

Be My Mummy

Jack had disappeared from her life just when she needed him most, so to have him turn up again as a single father is doubly hurtful, especially when Danny is such a delight and Jack obviously doesn’t want her anywhere near his son.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in March 1999.

A Trustworthy Man

Abby thoroughly enjoyed working in A&E with the new doctor on staff, so when he approached her outside work hours she was so delighted that she didn’t mind that he wanted to keep their fledgling relationship a secret… until one disastrous night made her wonder if she’d ever known Ben at all.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in June 1999.

Take Two Babies...

Maddie is beyond distraught when her ex-husband kidnaps their three-month-old daughter, Emma but when a storm brought Will and Amy, his tiny daughter, to her door she just has to help them. However, trying to remain professional at work when Amy needed her and he was so supportive while the search goes on for Emma was far too hard.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in October 1999.

A Family Christmas

Both unexpectedly single parenting for siblings, job-sharing was solving one set of problems for Callie and Ross but the biggest one was accommodation, Callie with a house she couldn’t afford and Ross in a flat that was far too small. House-sharing was an obvious solution but with four children between them, was life-sharing even possible?

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in December 1999.

A Millennium Miracle

Kara’s wedding day was destroyed by the car crash that put Mac in a coma, just when she’d discovered she was pregnant. Refusing to give up on him, she was willing to try whatever it took to bring him out of the coma before their baby was born.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in January 2000.

Courting Dr Cade

Good friends since they started working together, Katherine had to accept that Damon never wanted to marry. Then she discovered that her beloved grandmother would lose the home she loves unless Katherine is married by midnight on Leap Year Day. Damon is the only person she trusts to help her fulfil the terms of her grandfather’s will but a marriage of convenience is something neither of them wants.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in February 2000.

One and Only

Part one of a trilogy.

Cassie had been crushed when Luke had married and started a family and was devastated when the car crash that had taken his wife had almost killed him, too. So when he asked for her help to stop his in-laws from taking his precious daughter away ahs really couldn’t refuse.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in October 2000.

Two's Company

Part two of a trilogy.

Why was Adam so intent on picking holes in her upcoming wedding to Edward, the man who would give her the family and security she’d always wanted? And why would he want her to be the one to take care of him when he was injured saving a child?

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in November 2000.

Three Little Words

Part three of a trilogy

With only her two friends for emotional support, Kirsten’s focus had always been on achieving her Professional goals. Then Naomi announced her pregnancy and Kirstin was hit with an overwhelming desire for a baby of her own and there was only one man who she wanted to be the father.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in January 2001.

Nice and Easy

Working with her best friend in Lizzie’s A and E was great but then Daniel started trying to get under her protective shell. It wasn’t until she realised that his apparently easy-going nature was as much a front as her that she began to wonder if the real man behind the smiles might be the one she needed in her life.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in March 2001.

Coming Home to Daniel

Her son, Danny, was Sam’s only consolation for the loss of her beloved Daniel, dead before he could even see his son. Except Daniel was very much alive and, with a son just a few months older than Danny, what right did he have to be angry with her when he was the one who’d obviously been living a double life and had disappeared from hers.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in June 2001.

The Italian Effect

On holiday in Italy, Lissa is in the right place at the right time to take care of Matteo’s son after a dangerous fall. Unfortunately, though Matteo manages to mend her broken heart, he’s convinced that his own is too scarred by betrayal to accept her love.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in October 2001.

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Mistletoe Mother

Terrified that she’d made a dangerous mistake by coming to Scotland when she was so close to having her baby, the last person with whom she needed to be snowed-in was the father of her baby. Seth was angry that she disappeared without telling him she was pregnant but Ella was equally angry that he hadn’t mentioned having a wife.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in December 2001.

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Guilty Secret

Part one of a duet

From the moment he saw Frankie, soaking wet and furiously angry, Nick couldn’t resist her and finally understood what had been missing in his relationship with his fiancée. Unfortunately, Vicky works at the same practice and it looks as if guilt will stop any of them finding happiness.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in February 2002.

Innocent Secret

Part two of a duet

After loving Nick for half her life, how could Vicky be glad to see him married to Frankie? Easily when she’d secretly been nursing an attraction for reclusive colleague Joe and trying to find a way past the barbed-wire barricades he’d erected between himself and the world. Then a stalker has her in his sights…

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in March 2002.

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Emergency Groom

Finn has loved Freya for years and has impatiently bided his time while he waited for her to get over her crush on his brother. Then, out of the blue, she told him she was pregnant and desperately needed to be married…

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in July 2002.

More Than Caring

Part one of a duet.

Lauren has never felt she belonged anywhere and the only people who need her are her patients. Then her very identity is called into question and she learns that she needs more from Marc than his protective instincts.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in October 2002.

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More Than a Gift

Part two of a duet.

Smothered by family, nursing was Laurel’s escape as well as her career and her growing relationship with Dimitri gave her hope for the future. Then, with her life in danger, she has to leave without a word of farewell to find the twin she never knew existed.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in December 2002.

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Like Doctor, Like Son

Faith had broken both their hearts when she’d disappeared rather than starting medical school with him. Now, half a lifetime later, there are questions for which he needs answers and secrets she needs to reveal.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in July 2004.

His Longed-For Baby

Part one of a trilogy.

Calling off the wedding the day before the ceremony had devastated Maggie when it also meant she was losing the chance of the family she wanted. Falling into Jake’s arms was the last thing she should do when he’d already told her he wasn’t interested in marriage.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in March 2005.

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His Unexpected Child

Part two of a trilogy.

The collapse of Leah’s marriage and being passed-over for the job she wanted were made worse by meeting the man who seemed to have it all… until she realised that he, too, was coping with wha5t he saw as his own failures by focusing on his career.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in August 2005.

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Her Longed-For Family

Part three of a trilogy.

As part of her quest to track down the family she’s only just heard about, Libby’s just starting a new job and discovers that her new colleague is the man she’d fantasised about during their training. Unfortunately, he doesn’t seem nearly so pleased to see her and she has no idea why.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in May 2006.

A Very Special Proposal

Well-to-do doctor Amy has never forgotten the wickedly handsome lab-partner of her schooldays who’d fuelled all her fantasies. If anything, he’s even better-looking now and as they work side by side she finds herself hoping that he might finally turn those dark eyes in her direction.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in December 2006.

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A Family to Come Home To

Part one of a duet.

Temporary GP Ben is just what single-mum Kat needs to help her cope with her work load. Then her son is taken seriously ill and she realises that she needs more than his professional support but are there too many shadows in Ben’s past to allow anyone too close.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in February 2007.

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Sheik Surgeon, Surprise Bridge

Part two of a duet.

Razak was the only man to make her aware that she was a woman as well as a surgeon but he had duties and responsibilities in his own country that meant they could never have a future together… unless they were both willing to fight for it.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in March 2007.

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A Marriage Meant to Be

Years of failed IVF treatment have convinced Callie that the only fair thing to do is to disappear from Con’s life so he can find a wife to give him a family. Con is devastated that Callie hasn’t realised that she is the most important person in his life and all that matters is finding her.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in May 2007.

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Twins for a Christmas Bride

Sara loved her twin but found it hard to like her when she’d deliberately set out to entice away the man with whom she was falling in love. Brow-beaten by her parents into acting as surrogate, she’s carrying the babies of the man she loves knowing she’s going to have to give them away.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in December 2007.

The Doctor's Bride by Sunrise

After he broke her heart, Maggie was certain she’d never be able to trust Adam again, but when she has to face her worst fear, trapped underground while rescuing a group of adventurous boys, Adam has to persuade her she can trust him with her life and her heart.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in February 2008.

Sheik Surgeon Claims his Bride

Emily is wise enough to recognise that not all of Zayed’s scars are visible ones but soon learns that his feelings of guilt are preventing him from allowing anything to develop between them, despite their attraction. How can she persuade him to forgive himself?

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in September 2008.

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A Wife for the Baby Doctor

Book one of a Duet.

Dani had become Josh’s baby sister when she lost her mother, and the reason why he’d become a paediatrician. As she joins his department Dani knows it will be an uphill struggle to persuade him she isn’t still that fragile preemie but the woman who loves him.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in February 2009.

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A Family for His Tiny Twins

Book two of a Duet

Nadia always falls a little in love with the dangerously premature twins in her care, having lost her own tiny daughter, but her heart goes out to Gideon sitting beside his babies terrified that he’s going to lose them.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in March 2009.

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Her Long-Lost Husband

The army had confirmed the loss of their hero medic but Olivia had never fully accepted the death of her husband, so when he appears, gaunt and wheelchair-bound as she’s about to marry again she doesn’t know if he’s back to stay or has only come to say goodbye.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in May 2010.

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Miracle Times Two

Jenny can’t help thinking Dan is too charming for his own good, not realising that his background has left him with confidence only in his medical skills. Then the shattering events of one day destroys the barriers between them with unexpected results.

Published by Mills and Boon (Medical Romances) in September 2010.

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