THE PATIENT: A LOVE STORY

Dr. Oliver Garrett, a rebellious aristocrat of 60, is a hard-working Hospitalist who steers clear of unwanted attention from women. Having grown up with a mobster father and tyrannical mother, and then enduring a disastrous marriage, Garrett feels cursed by his dead father's wealth and tainted by his late wife's treachery. His life begins to change, however, when an elfin patient who suffers horrific injuries in a near-fatal car accident is rushed into the ER. Anna Marchese, a stunning forty-year-old restaurant owner, grew up with nothing except a grandmother and the fragmented memories that continue to plague her sleep. Anna's injuries will require months of painful recuperation, but her nightmares present an equally challenging dilemma for a woman who knows nothing but hard work with her two male business partners. From the moment they meet, Anna and Oliver are swept out of their comfort zones when he lets his guard down and offers help that she desperately needs. While they are being drawn irresistibly toward one another, their friends, along with Garrett's family, add colorful texture to an epic love story that promises titillating vistas along the way and one jaw-dropping revelation.

This book is intended for the mature reader. The novel contains both explicit sex scenes and the use of profanity.