Doctor in Petticoats by Mary Connealy
Doctor in Petticoats (Sophie’s Daughter, #1)
by Mary Connealy
Genre: Christian Historical Romance
Pages: 320 Trade Paperback
Date Published: July 1, 2010
Publisher: Barbour Books
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Beth and Alex survive a stage coach accident. Beth realizes the derelict in the stagecoach with her is a doctor and she forces him to help tend the injured. Alex finds he can care for the patients as long as Beth is right beside him… yelling at him.
Alex saves Beth’s sister’s life, but he only has the courage to treat patients as long as Beth is there. The one way to keep her close it to marry her. Beth thinks he’s a lunatic, but there’s no denying his skill, and she’s so empathic she can see the terrible price Alex pays to help hurting people. Besides, she owes the loco doctor for saving Sally.
She agrees to marry him. Her parents, Clay and Sophie protest the sudden marriage, but when Beth agrees to the marriage they grant their blessing.
And that’s when the real trouble begins. A bounty hunter is on Alex’s trail for desertion from the army. Alex has to live long enough to turn himself in, and then he may face a firing squad. And this all happens right when Alex is getting to be semi-sane and Beth is just starting to like him.
Every time I finish reading a new book from Mary Connealy I am astonished at how well I have been entertained. I giggled, I cried and I had a desire to throw the book across the room in response to the “bad guys”. Doctor in Petticoats is no different on that line of thinking. I was not disappointed and nor will any reader of Mary Connealy be unhappy with this novel.
This is the first book in the Sophie’s Daughter series, it comes after Lassoed in Texas series and the Montana Marriages Trilogy. While I was reading I knew that it was to be a continuation of the Lassoed in Texas series as the first book there, Petticoat Ranch is Sophie’s story. I was not prepared to find an interwoven continuation of the Montana Marriages Trilogy, I literally cried with happiness. 🙂 In part this was a story about the oldest daughter Beth, but it was also about the next daughter Mandy. So many personalities on the page and full on entertainment.
Beth McCellen finds a groom and way to be a real Doctor in Alex Buchanan. Mandy follows her heart into a marriage that might be the biggest mistake she ever made. I love this book and start of a new series, I cannot wait for the second book in Wrangler in Petticoats and then especially the third in the series Sharpshooter in Petticoats to continue Mandy and her sisters’ stories.
*Thanks to Shalyn Sattler of Barbour Books for providing a copy for review.*
Lassoed in Texas
Petticoat Ranch
Calico Canyon
Gingham Mountain
Montana Marriages
Montana Rose
The Husband Tree
Wildflower Bride
About the Author: Read Inside (.pdf)
Mary Connealy is an author, journalist, and teacher. She lives on a Nebraska farm with her husband, Ivan, and has four mostly grown daughters. If you hunt hard enough, you can find Mary on the Internet like a middle-aged, female “Where’s Waldo” at www.MaryConnealy.com .
Learn more about Mary by visiting these sites.
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7 Comments
Mary Connealy
Margaret I’m so glad you liked it. But bad guys? What? You want me to shoot them don’t you, girl. 🙂
I get that a lot.
Or do you just mean you dislike them??? 🙂
CherryBlossomMJ
I want to throw the book across the room because they are not being shot fast enough. 😉 I definitely dislike characters like Sidney. I completely want them to get what’s coming, yet then part of me wants them to find redemption. They are so real and so infuriating!! Yet, I’m so eager about a plausible romance with Tom… even though that means that something will happen to Sidney…
Renee
I know!!!!! I am soooo wondering how that relationship with Tom is going to play out!
Love your review! 🙂
XOXO~ Renee
Mary Connealy
Yeah, like I haven’t made a CAREER out of killing off worthless husbands. Trust me girls.
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