Two fantastic surgeons. One tender night together — is that all it can be?

Dr Ailee Green knows she can’t start a relationship with Dr Fergus McVicker—she is about to undergo surgery that will save her brother, and put her own life at risk.

When she sees the handsome single father and his young daughter, however, Ailee feels she can give him one special gift before she leaves—she can help them become the family they deserve. And Fergus won’t let her run out of his life, and so he offers her something she cannot refuse!

Highlights in Writing

That touch of my first REAL book baby, DELIVERING LOVE, was the ultimate highlight and after my husband and family, I had to share it with my friends and workmates, the midwives at Kempsey Hospital.

Being a midwife is such a huge part of who I am and what I write. The network of friendship and support over the years from the wonderful midwives and staff at Kempsey Hospital, and in fact so many people in my country town that have offered support for my success as a writer, have all made my writing journey very special.

One of my very lovely writing friends, Carol Marinelli, began the now annual Pink Breakfast held every year at The Romance Writers Of Australia Conference. The conferences are held either in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane.  I get to don my ‘Well-Women’s Nurse’ hat and encourage women and men to be breast savvy and be aware of changes in their breasts. This event is such a womanfuzzy (thanks, Ally) morning, if you get a chance then do come along because it’s a highlight of everyone’s conference.

Having lost my own wonderful mother to breast cancer at the end of 2006, this disease affects so many familes, any help for the cause is dear to my heart. Carol does an awesome job and last year the Pink Breakfast  raised $5440. Woohoo, Carol. Here’s a photo of Carol and another of our lovely Medical author’s, Alison Roberts, still setting up for the Pink Breakfast.

Being a part of the Harlequin Mills and Boon family of authors means fun times in fab places. This photo is mum and I at the Harlequin 25th Birthday Celebrations in Sydney in 2005. 

Other fab times include a night out at the Ritz after the 2003 RWAmerica Conference in New York. If I never go again I’ll be able to say I danced in black velvet, at the Ritz, to the sound of a six piece band playing New York, New York. How cool is that. The walk home afterwards along glam shop windows with a band of happy Australian authors, hotdog vendors on the street corner, steam coming out of the grates in the middle of the road like a scene out of ghostbusters. All in all an amazing highlight I’ll never forget.

On the way home from that trip I detoured to the UK to see my editor in London. Being an Aussie we all know that England to Scotland isn’t a big drive so scooted down to Edinburgh to visit rels. I even met a cousin with an Ultralight and who could resist a little flight over the Scottish countryside in a bicycle with wings. This photo is my head squashed into the helmet. I must admit it took a while for my fingers to loosen enough from the bar in front of me to take this photo at the end of my arm. How cool is the view in the distance, though.

The Surgeon’s Special Gift, was an exciting publication event to me not only because it was the book that made my round dozen but my breakout ‘kidney’ book, a brief but exciting journey away from midwifery, where I learnt so much about kidney disease, end-stage renal failure and transplants.

It all started at the Harlequin Valentine’s Ball in 2005 year where I met Colleen Gilbey, a wonderful woman who donated her kidney to her brother and inspired me to write this book. During my research I came face to face with the hardships experienced by people of all ages and walks of life with kidney failure and other diseases and discovered how organ donation can so dramatically change their lives. ‘You can’t take your organs to heaven’ finally made sense to me and I hope my book can help others to understand how much a signature on a driver’s license can change so many people’s lives.

To my delight, from each copy of The Surgeon’s Special Gift sold in Australia, $1 was donated by Harlequin to Kidney Health Australia as well as an easy donation slip made available in the back of the book. This was incredibly generous of Harlequin and such a wonderful bonus for Kidney Health Australia. I am very proud to be associated with such a worthwhile cause.

Invitation To a Wedding… her own!

Eliza has been a magnet for the brokenhearted, who, ultimately end up breaking her own. When she meets handsome but wounded Dr Jack Dancer he all but sweeps her off her feet. Then one night Jack makes love to her. She knows she is lost, and is devastated by his coolness the next day…

Eliza knows that to avoid her heart being broken again she must leave. Jack finally realises he’s got to tell Eliza how much he loves her, and the only way he’s going to persuade her to become his bride is to take her by surprise!

“Fiona McArthur once again expertly combines the pace of A&E and the joy of the maternity ward, with all the warmth and intensity of a heart-stopping romance.”
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