Review: Good medical romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 7, 2000
Spencer Mathews spent twenty years on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police force. However, the recent death of his former wife and crippling injury to his beloved daughter Devon in a car accident has left Spencer questioning  his work, especially the use of force. Unable to cope, Matthews retires and  takes a security job at Vancouver's St. Joseph Hospital.The highly  regarded Dr. Joanne Duncan works in the same hospital's emergency room. She  meets Spencer when he disarms a drug-crazed teen holding a knife. Together  they work on the birth of a girl to aspiring actress and single mother  Natasha Stevens, but within two hours the infant vanished. A distraught  Joanne, feeling she erred in the baby delivery, turns to the former  criminal investigator for help in locating the missing child. As they work  closely together in search of the lost infant, Spencer and Joanne fall in  love, but he carries demons from his previous marriage that cold prevent  him from trying for a second chance at happiness.The sixth St.  Joseph's Hospital novel retains the energy, excitement, and passionate  romance of the previous tales. The story line is fast-paced and filled with  reader empathy due to author Bobby Hutchinson's ability to engage the  audience's feelings of anxiety while accompanying the lead couple in their  quest. Joanne is a wonderful person and Spencer is a heroic individual  struggling with guilt. The support cast, namely his family and the hospital  staff adds depth to the plot and the main characters. Fans of medical  romance novels will fully enjoy FULL RECOVERY and Ms. Hutchinson's five  previous St. Joseph's novels.Harriet Klausner