The Jinx: A Romantic Medical Comedy (Heartthrob Hospital Book 2) Page 16

  At long last it had happened.

  Lacy’s knees turned to water. Her pulse hammered, and her tongue stuck to the roof of her mouth as surely as if plastered there by creamy peanut butter.

  “Morning, ladies,” he greeted Lacy and the circulating nurse, Pam Marks. “I’m Dr. Bennett Sheridan, third-year resident on a study fellowship from Boston General. I’ll be interning with Dr. Laramie for the next six weeks.”

  They had known he was coming on board, of course. Dr. Laramie had made a point of bragging about the fine young doctor, summa cum laude from Harvard, who’d flown to Houston specifically to study under him.

  A young doctor who’d beaten out three hundred other anxious applicants for the prestigious opportunity. What Lacy hadn’t expected was that Dr. Sheridan would melt her heart with that let’s-break-open-a-bottle-of-champagne smile or that she would experience the most desperate urge to razzle-dazzle him.

  But how could she ever hope to impress a man so obviously out of her league? He was Mike Trout. She was the water girl.

  His gaze landed on her and stuck.

  A long, weighted moment passed.

  Lacy gulped. Fully gowned and masked as she was, her hair covered with a sky-blue surgical cap and her feet slippered in matching shoe covers, Lacy couldn’t help wondering why he stared so intently. Had she forgotten to put eye shadow on one eye? Did she have a smudge on her forehead? Was her mascara smeared?

  Just her luck to meet the man of her dreams on the day she’d flubbed Makeup Application 101.

  Unnerved, Lacy took a step backward and promptly somersaulted off her stool.

  Also by Lori Wilde

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  The Perfect Christmas Wish

  The Perfect Christmas Surprise

  TEXAS RASCALS

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  Matt

  Nick

  Kurt

  Tucker

  Kael

  Truman

  Dan

  Rex

  Clay

  Jonah

  About the Author

  Lori Wilde s the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of ninety-one works of romantic fiction. Her books have been translated into twenty-six languages, with more than six million copies sold worldwide. Her breakout novel, The First Love Cookie Club, has been optioned for a TV movie as has her Wedding Veil Wishes series. Lori is a registered nurse with a BSN from Texas Christian University.