Doctors on the Frontline (Medical Romance S.)

By Olivia Gates

Book Overview

Doctors on the Frontline by Olivia Gates released on May 10, 2005 is available now for purchase. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0263839001
• ISBN13: 9780263839005
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.7" x 0.4" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

An intensely emotional story... action packed, it moves along at an incredible pace ....

Doctors on the Frontline by Olivia Gates Harlequin Medical Romance #164 - August 2004 Dr. Sherazad Dawson volunteers for the Global Aid Organization and joins a medical team in the Balkans. She is initiated into Frontline danger before she ever joins the team when her convoy is ambushed. As events of that ambush unfold, Sherazad finds herself caring for the injured Dr. she has come to work for. Lorenzo Banducci has dedicated his life to frontline medicine, to making a difference and hopefully saving those that but not for him may have perished. From the start, Sherazad and Lorenzo battle the intensity of their attraction. But being always in harms way, they give in to their passions and become lovers. The emotional intensity surprises both of them, yet both realize a real relationship is not possible. Lorenzo has a need to be on the frontline, and Sherazad, though excellent at what she does, is burning out fast from the pressures. This is the first Harlequin Medical I've ever read. I'm so glad I chose Ms. Gates! This is an intensely emotional story. Action packed, it moves along at an incredible pace. And yet the characters are very real, and very well developed. You find yourself knowing who these people are, there are no doubts. I will definitely be purchasing more from Ms. Gates! Absolutely awesome! This is also a story not for everyone. As the setting is the frontline war torn Balkans, expect violence and atrocities associated with war. Ms. Gates inspires deep emotions, from joy to sorrow, passion and anger. This one has them all. This one will always have a place on my keeper shelf. This would make a great movie! :D

A very different Presents

Well, this was certainly different. The romance was a bit Harlequin Presents-ish, but this isn't necessarily bad. This romance develops before a truly fascinating backdrop, that is the hero and heroine's job as, as the title explains, doctors on the frontline. When British doctor Sherezad Dawson's life went to hell back home, she decided to volunteer with Global Aid Organization and she's been sent to the frontlines in the Balkans. She knows it's going to be harrowing work, but she really wasn't expecting such horrors. And she wasn't expecting to meet her new boss when he rescued her convoy from attack, either. Italian Dr. Lorenzo Banducci is a man dedicated to his work. He's been in the frontlines for years now, and everyone knows he'll stay there forever, and that he's practically married to his job. But he finds himself more and more drawn to the new addition to his team, and as the days go by and the moment when Sherezad will have to leave comes closer, they'll have to decide what will happen. This is an extremely short book that feels much longer than it is. I was very impressed by how Gates managed to tell her story in under 200 pages, because it was a story complete with good development of a romance from scratch (I mean, this is not a couple who are already involved as the book starts, and we explore only a certain aspect of their relationship. Sherezad and Lorenzo haven't met as the book starts), plus an excellent look at what the work of doctors like Lorenzo and his team might be like. And Gates did it without her story feeling crammed or without it feeling as if anything was underdeveloped. Well, one might say we didn't get enough background on the hero and heroine's past, but I'd argue that while we didn't go into any deep analysis there, what Gates did tell us was enough to give us a good clue of where these two characters were coming from. For instance, we understand perfectly well what caused Sherezad's fear of relationshps, and why Lorenzo is so dedicated, even if we're not really hit over the head with constant repetitions of their past. I'd rather call this being subtle when it comes to characterization ;-) The only place where I thought we should have had a bit more insight into the characters' motivations was near the end, in Lorenzo's case. There comes a point after which we just aren't privy to what he's thinking, so we're just as much in the dark as Sherezad about what he intends to do. Well, ok, I guess this is a perfectly valid way to write it, but I would have liked to know much more about what was going through his mind when he made several huge decisions about the direction his life was going to be taking. I very much enjoyed the glimpse we got of their jobs. This is a book in which the external conflict isn't really one constant thing, like a villain who's after our hero and heroine. Well, actually, it is one main thing, but it's the war itself, impersonal, but just as dangerous and tragic as if it were aft

An Explosive, Passionate Debut!

This book is nothing short of groundbreaking! From the moment Sherazad awakens in the middle of nowhere-Balkans mountains, in a truck with a man bleeding to death over her, to the last passionately breathless moment, the tension and excitement don't let up. It was like being on the frontline myself, living the dangers and horrors, as well as the heroism and selflessness of the unsung heroes and heroines who devote their lives to helping the helpless. The medical content was simply astounding and the setting painted with a lavish and authentic brush. As for the romance, I don't remember when I last lived with characters that sympathetic and believable or experienced a love story that poignant, real and erotic. I can't recommend this book enough and I am so thankful I discovered such an awesome new author!