Dr. Darcy Rochester is horrified when "doctor" Ally Westruther sets up her massage business next door. He has a low opinion of massage. Darcy doesn't think she's qualified in anything more complicated than basket weaving, and he won't let her put his patients at risk. Darcy soon learns his mistake. But why does such a talented doctor refuse to practice medicine as well as massage? Why doesn't such a skilled worker have enough money to eat? And why does such a beautiful, caring, passionate woman want nothing to do with love?

Judi Bland has turned her love of reading into a passion for writing with the completion of three novels in the past year. She lives in Northern California with her husband, Larry, and is the mother of two grown children and the stepmother of four. She didn’t die – her husband did. After twenty years of marriage he was taken from her suddenly and tragically in a plane crash. Now she has to deal with the prospect of “getting on with her life” - whatever that might mean. Cajoled into placing a personal ad, she’s intrigued by the responses she receives. Finally, caving in to pressure from her friends she makes the phone call that leads her to her future – Cole Roberts. Cole’s dazzling sense of humor is exactly what she needs and when she meets him she is overpowered by his warmth and charm. DeAnna is a strong woman – she’s proven that – but the thought of a relationship with someone new at 40 plus years of age is a harrowing thought. Can she trust this newfound love? Can she overcome the hurdles being placed between her and happiness and let herself believe that it’s possible to have two great loves in a lifetime?

Clem and Susannah Browns youngest son, Jeff, has developed a good furniture business and has even bought the old saloon building in town and with the help of family and friends has remodeled the building for a furniture store. He has orders from people as far away as Beaumont, Texas. They all became aware of the building up of war in Europe but never thought the U.S. would be involved. Due to several circumstances, the U.S. declares war on Germany April 1917. The draft is passed into law, and Jeff, Jon (Ruths husband), and Zeb (newest hired hand) are all drafted. Jon is in the paymaster corps while Jeff and Zeb are fighting in the muck and mire of the trenches in France. Jeff and Zeb experience many horrid times experiences and the loss of new friends before their eyes. Zeb is injured early in 1917 and sent home. Jeff is injured not long before the war is over and after a stay in a London hospital he is sent home. Jeff finds Jon in the same hospital and works to get him out. Follow the ingenious ways Jeff and his good friend Reggie help Jon. Reggie goes home with them to Texas and works on the farm despite an injury. Be prepared to find Zeb a different man after the war and how Jeff tries to help him.

The traditional doctor-patient relationship is in jeopardy. In an era of &“hurry up&” medicine and &“patient quotas,&” health care professionals are no longer able to apply good bedside manner—the healing touch. As the focus shifts from patients to profits, this vital component of patient care diminishes and may eventually be lost. In The Healing Touch, David Cram, M.D., a master clinician, teaches the art of good bedside manner and offers a valuable resource for health care professionals striving to preserve the doctor-patient relationship.