Career Girl in the Country. Fiona Lowe

      

      Career Girl

      in the Country

      Fiona Lowe

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      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Praise for Fiona Lowe:

       About the Author

       Dedication

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Copyright

       Praise for Fiona Lowe:

      ‘MIRACLE: TWIN BABIES is a wonderful story, full

      of heart, pathos and humour, that will make you laugh

      and cry. Fiona Lowe never fails to write enchanting,

      heartwarming and realistic Medical™ Romances, with

      wonderful three-dimensional characters you’d love to

      know (and, in the case of her heroes, love to love!).

      A spellbinding and emotional tale. Talented Australian

      author Fiona Lowe has penned another enjoyable

      romantic tale that will make your heart sing!’

       —Cataromance.com

       Dear Reader

      Poppy Stanfield is a successful surgeon who’s on the cusp of being made Chief of Surgery: her ultimate goal and everything she’s spent years working towards. So when she’s suddenly sent to Bundallagong not only does she think she has landed on Mars, she thinks life as she knows it has ended too. All she can see is plains and red dust, and not even the sparkling Indian Ocean is enough to win her over. From the first moment she steps onto Bundallagong soil she is making plans to leave.

      But sometimes what we think is the worst thing possible turns out to be the best thing that ever happened to us. Poppy has no clue that this is going to be her story, and she’s not quick to realise it either as she rails against everything Bundallagong throws at her.

      Dr Matt Albright had the perfect life until it was stolen from him, and now he doesn’t care where he lives or who lives with him—which is why he’s totally ignoring the goanna that has moved into his roof! He goes to work each day and goes through the motions of living, hating that the town he loves now walks on eggshells around him. When he first meets Poppy all he can see is a starchy, uptight woman who is going to drive him absolutely spare.

      The isolation of the Outback, with its fiery heat, will either send you mad or heal you; I’ll let you read on to find out what is in store for Poppy and Matt!?

      I hope you enjoy their story! For photos of the area that inspired the story, head to my website at www.fionalowe.com I love to chat to my readers, and you can also find me at Facebook (Fiona Lowe author), Twitter, and at eharlequin’s Medical Romance Authors’ blog or via my website. I’d love to hear from you!

      Happy reading!

      Love

      Fiona x

      About the Author

      Always an avid reader, FIONA LOWE decided to combine her love of romance with her interest in all things medical, so writing Medical^™ Romance was an obvious choice! She lives in a seaside town in southern Australia, where she juggles writing, reading, working and raising two gorgeous sons with the support of her own real-life hero!

       Dedication

       To Sandra, with many thanks for keeping us neat and tidy!

      CHAPTER ONE

       FEMALE SURGEON TAKES BAMPTON AWARD

      Ms Stanfield’s meteoric rise in the male-dominated field of surgery was recognised last week. Journal’s ‘on the ground’ photographer snapped Ms Stanfield wearing last season’s black suit (right), and we’re left wondering if rather than taking the ‘Old Boys’ Club’ by storm she’s actually joined it. Rumour has it she’s in negotiations with two prestigious hospitals for Chief of Surgery.

      POPPY STANFIELD’S 6:00 a.m. sip of Saturday coffee turned bitter in her mouth as she read the five-line article on the back page of the Perth newspaper. She didn’t give a damn about the bitchy comment on her cinch-waisted black suit but how the hell had the gossip columnist found out about the job interviews? One job interview especially—the one she’d very carefully and deliberately kept quiet because it was hard enough being female in this business, let alone having the temerity to want a top job. A top job she was determined to get one way or