Series:
Cotswold Docs (Book 1)
WERE THEY ALWAYS MEANT TO BE?
GP Lorna has spent years healing from a divorce and the
end of her fertility journey by throwing herself into her work at Clearbrook
Medical Practice. But when Oliver -- her onetime best friend and secret crush
-- takes a job as a doctor at her surgery, life suddenly becomes more
complicated! After the breakdown of his difficult marriage, Oliver isn't
looking for romance, either. Yet old feelings soon begin to resurge. Can they
risk their friendship in the hope of something more?
Good friends-to-lovers story with the bonus of older
characters discovering it's never too late for love.
Lorna and Oliver were study partners and friends in
medical school. Underneath their friendship were sparks of attraction, but
neither gave in to them. Oliver had a girlfriend whom he cared for through her
cancer treatments, and Lorna was determined to concentrate on her studies. Though
they intended to stay in touch after graduation, their careers took them in
different directions, and they drifted apart. Each went on to marry, then later
divorce.
Many years later, Lorna works as a GP at a thriving
village medical practice in the Cotswolds. Several fellow doctors have either
retired or moved away, and new doctors hired to take their places. Excited that
Oliver is one of those doctors, Lorna looks forward to catching up with her old
friend.
I enjoyed seeing Oliver and Lorna's relationship develop.
They picked up their friendship like they'd never been apart, spending time
together cooking, running, and hanging out. While catching up on their past
lives, they discover similar relationship breakdowns have made them reluctant
to risk another romance and reinforce their "just friends"
intentions.
However, the more time Lorna and Oliver spend together,
the blurrier those lines between friendship and love grow. I ached for both as
the desire for more fought with the fear of ruining their friendship. The emotional
ending showed what is possible when you let go of the past.
I liked the small village setting and the look at the lives
of the doctors there. There was a nice variety of medical scenes, and I enjoyed
the personal touch Oliver and Lorna provided to their patients.
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