Series:
Mediterranean Doctors
Nurse Katya Petrova spent one night with the
playboy Count Benedetto Medici when they served on the MedSurg team.
Money and materialistic trinkets are NOT the kind of thing that
impresses Katya but when an unexpected phone call brought him
devastating news, her heart could not resist. Now, months later that
one moment has consequences --- and unintended pregnancy. The last
thing Katya can handle in her life is a baby! Now she is on a mission
of love for her baby ---a trip to exotic Italy to see Benedetto in his
natural surroundings and determine if he would be a good father. At
first glance, Benedetto is captivated by the spunky, beautiful Katya --
she is unlike any woman he has ever known --- the only woman NOT to be
impressed by his money or titles. When Katya proposes to hand over her
baby to Benedetto, he has something entirely different planned for both
Katya and the soon-to-arrive baby. Can these two somehow find their way
beyond bargains and past hurts to love?
The Italian Count's Baby starts off with the
exotic
location, the crazy situation and electric hot passion sizzling between
the hero and heroine....but The Italian Count's Baby has so
much more!
Tender moments and dark scenes of loss and sadness juxtaposed with
patient scenes make this romance a deeply heart-moving romance. Amy
Andrews writing is tight and beautiful. The care for young patients
brings a whole new side of the hero and heroine that extends beyond the
romance to the outside world, instilling a tone of compassion for
others in the reader. At the same time, the patients change the hearts
of the hero and heroine, expanding their hearts and their
self-knowledge as well. The whole reading journey of this book is
filled with oohs and aaahs for me, watching how Amy Andrews used plot
and characterization and scene to express both an internal growing of
love and a growing sense of compassion that moves outwards towards
others. The characterization of the babies and children makes Katya a
multi-dimensional character --- a woman who changes and evolves as she
is faced with new situations. Very nice!!!! The re-introduction of the
MedSurg background of both Katya and Benedetto, first introduced in The Surgeon's Meant-To-Be-Bride, adds a
history and depth to the hero and heroine in The Italian Counts Baby. The reader
now learns what led them to join the MedSurg team, how their medical
mission at MedSurg affected them, and how it changed their whole idea
of medicine once they returned and practiced medicine away from
MedSurg. The two books can be read as stand-alones but are wonderful
together! The Italian Count's Baby
is an Amy Andrews classic!
Medical scenes:
plastic surgery, pregnancy
Steaminess factor:
hot and tender
