The $4.98 Daddy (Heart of the West, 14) cover

The $4.98 Daddy (Heart of the West, 14)

by Jo Leigh

Obsession . . .At last Merrin Ryan has completed her medical training and is out in the real world, working on Dr. Neil McAlister's surgical team. Merrin admires his professional skills, but clearly Neil, who has been widowed for two years, doesn't take proper care of himself. So she provides him with sandwiches and tells him to get proper rest -- and, in nurturing him, she falls passionately in love.Neil's feelings for Merrin as just as intense. How puzzling, then, that he tells her they must stop seeing each other; that his love for her could damage her hard-fought-for career . . . .

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?