A six-month nursing contract in West Africa will give Kate Matthews just the time she needs to remove any doubts she has about her engagement to David, her childhood sweetheart.
At first she is blissfully happy to be back in Ikawa where she spent the happiest days of her childhood. England - and David - seem very far away.
Yet when her new boss, the arrogant Dr. Richard Brooks echoes her doubts, why is she suddenly so determined that nothing he says will stop her marriage?
Genre: contemporary romance
Publishing date: March 1983
Mature content: nothing graphical
Review: I had several issues with this book, and none of them have to do with the fact that it is an old paperback and clearly outdated by now.
First and foremost, it shocked me the fact that Richard clearly says that women shouldn't drive (among other similar opinions on women he shares with us here and there). It sounds like something that maybe would be acceptable at the beginning of the twentieth century, not in the 80s.
Second, I didn't like to see Kate becoming involved with Richard while still engaged to David. Even if we all could see where the plot was heading, it still felt too much like cheating. Same with Richard and the new nurse hired for the clinic.
The setting is original and refreshing, although I would have preferred to see a medical clinic treating the actual patients in need and not almost only the white and wealthier members of the local society...
So, overall, this is not a book I would actively recommend.
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