Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Wednesday The Aries Libra Connection #MFRWHooks #MFRWAuthor #BWLPublishing #Romance #Medical

The Aries Libra Connection (Opposites In Love Book 1)

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BLURB:

Jenessa is Aries, a nurse, union advocate and likes a good fight.

Eric is Libra, Director of Nursing, and believes in compromise.

Can these two find a way to uncover the underhanded events at the hospital? They’re on opposite sides but the attraction between them is strong. She’s a widow who fought to save her husband’s life during a code. She feels guilty because the love she and her husband shared had died before his death. He assisted at the code but he feels guilty since he was the one who was responsible for the short staffing the night her husband died.

Now they face falling in love and trying to solve the problems between the nurse’s union and the president of the hospital’s Board who wants a take over of the hospital by his hospital group. Is their connection strong enough to survive?



EXCERPT:

Jenessa frowned. Megan and she had been friends since they were five, but there were things she couldn’t tell her… Things about Chuck and the marriage.
     “I’m union. He’s management. Can you see me falling for someone from the opposition?”
     “And what will you be when you finish your Master’s?”
     “Not here. I’ll work for a doctor. Head to the city. Become a consultant.” She followed the trail of clothes and gathered them as she walked. “With my reputation here, they won’t promote me.”
     “Your reputation is undeserved. Just because you organized the union, sent a petition to recall Sandra, started the protest forms, negotiated the contract…” The click of the bathroom door cut off Megan’s words.
     Jenessa dropped the clothes beside the door. She entered the bedroom and stared at the red brick building across the street where she worked in ICU. She liked Eastlake Community. For nearly three years, the hospital had been her refuge. She didn’t want to leave.
     She returned to the hall just as Megan emerged, wrapped in a blue bath sheet that nearly reached her toes.
     “...use someone who plunges to the center of a problem and won’t give up until the next one appears. You are kind of blunt though. He’ll weigh his decisions. Libras do. What’s on the agenda now?” She stumbled over the heap of clothes. “I know. In the hamper.”
     “The contract. Monday, I’ll demand a meeting.”
     “Why not give Eric Bradshaw a chance to settle in?”
      “Why? They said they’d talk once they hired a new director and they have.” Jenessa headed to the kitchen.
     “Let him size things first.”
     “Do you really think a new D.O.N. will help us?” Jenessa paused at the end of the hall. “Do you know how many extras I’ve worked this summer?”
     “That’s your punishment for demanding thirteen hour shifts. They can’t ask me to work seven days a week.”
     “How many doubles have you pulled since Sandra took over staffing? Sometimes I think she wants to drive nurses away.”
     “Why would she do that?” Megan followed Jenessa into the kitchen. Her knee length yellow tee shirt was the same bright color as the walls.
     “Who knows?”
     “Jen, give the guy a chance. How would you like to be in his shoes?”
       She laughed. “I would love it. You know, if I could transfer my credits, I would be out of here.”
      “It’s the same everywhere. Don’t you pay attention to the letters from the gang?”
     “There are hospitals where the problems are addressed.” Jenessa picked up a fork. “Around here no one admits there are any.”
     “I’m not sure there are answers. The health care system is in flux.”
     “If the Board would sit down with us, we could try.”
     Megan grinned. “Do I see you, sword in hand, leading the charge?”
     “Don’t make fun. This is serious.”
     “I’m sorry. I know how important adequate staffing is to you.”
     “I’ll do whatever it takes to get a decent contract.” Jenessa bit her lower lip and fought a storm of memories and guilt.
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2 comments:

Kayelle Allen said...

I like this last line - a storm of memories and guilt. Love that.

Anonymous said...

You've given me a thorough understanding of the issues the hospital faces and the lengths she's willing to correct them. I suspect, though, that she'll find the new Director of Nurses much more of a delight to work with than she anticipates!