"A Nurse with a Special Gift of Love"

Hailey Bergstrom is a pediatric nurse who lives and breathes her job. She is a wonderful nurse and gives that something extra to her children. She is not a beautiful woman and at thirty years old, is still single and hoping to adopt a child. When little David is brought into her ward not knowing if he would live or die, her heart goes out to him. David's mother is a teenager with a drug addiction problem and the caseworker, Roy Zedyck is unable to locate her.

Roy works very hard trying to help the children find foster homes. He is very attracted to the kind hearted Hailey. He is an extremely handsome man and when he asks Hailey out to dinner, she is sure that he could never really be attracted to someone as homely as herself. She tells him that she would like to be a foster parent to David but a few days later, David's mother shows up wanting her child.

Both Hailey and Roy are wonderful caring characters and also of note, is Hailey's unusual grandmother who is always inviting people over for breakfast or lunch not realizing that her food is inedible. They have a very close relationship and she brings love and laughter to her hard- working granddaughter. Hailey just doesn't realize the depth of emotion that Roy feels for her. They give each other that special something that has been missing from their lives.

The problems of little David and her self-esteem must be worked out to have a happy ending and this author is just the person to take care of it. Bobby Hutchinson writes a very compelling book that is heart-wrenching and a joy to read. I will definitely be looking for more of her books.

Reviewed by Marilyn Heyman
Posted April 5, 2003