title: Daddy, M.D.
author: Diamond, Jacqueline
description: "Doc, I lost my tonsils!"
  
  That was what precocious five-year-old Spike told bachelor doctor Chad Markham. It didn't take Chad long to figure out that the little orphaned boy merely wanted a "prescription" for unlimited amounts of ice cream...and maybe a father. But Chad had never seriously thought about settling down -- until he met Spike's guardian.
  
  Jill Rutledge wanted to adopt the lovable but mischievous Spike, but the boy wanted a mommy and a daddy. Chad Markham was a good male influence on the boy and an even better one on her. Jill hadn't considered marriage until a custody battle over little Spike began, and Chad kindly offered his husbandly services. But was she prepared to become Mrs. Daddy, M.D.?