This medical drama is both funny and poignant with memorable characters and a laser focus on a current hot button in health care.
Dr. Georgia Brown, a urologist, and Dr. Jonah Tsukada, a specialist in family medicine, are best friends who promised to be family to each other. Currently single, Georgia stays busy and hangs out with Jonah, a gay man who appreciates the stereotype of having a woman as his best bud. They work together at a private hospital and clinic on the outskirts of Charleston, South Carolina.
Everything is going well for both when Georgia heads off to Amsterdam for a medical conference. While there, she gets a call from Jonah who is in terrible distress. It seems that their place of employment has "fired" all of Jonah's gay and transgender patients and his job is also on the line. The hospital says they have the right to refuse care to any patient who doesn't conform to their religious and moral beliefs and Jonah's lifestyle is also under scrutiny for violation of the morals clause in his contract. Georgia rushes to support her friend but they have underestimated the tide of popular opinion and soon find themselves in the battle of their lives. No spoilers.
I met these characters in the two other books I recently read by this author, but since I read the books out of publication order, I was happy to get more of the backstory. I just love the way this author writes. She's witty, obviously very intelligent, and she knows how to distill the complex medical jargon into understandable detail. I've loved everything about the 3 books I read back to back in the past 3 days, and am sure that any fans of women's fiction will appreciate the way Martin does friendship stories with memorable characters, interesting careers, and a bit of romance. I can't wait until I can get my hands on whatever book she writes next.
Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for this e-book ARC to read and review. I highly recommend the series, but do start at the beginning!
The Queen of Hearts
The Antidote For Everything
Doctors and Friends
Genre - women's fiction, medical drama, LGBTQ discrimination
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