Medical Fiction

Welcome to the Village of Ballybucklebo. Come and say hello to Dr. O'Reilly's odd-as-two-left feet patients, his housekeeper, Mrs. "Kinky" Kinkaid, and O'Reilly's pets, Arthur Guinness, the beer-swilling black Lab and Lady MacBeth, the demonically possessed white cat. And of course, to young Dr. Barry Laverty. After Barry's first month as an assistant to crusty Dr. O'Reilly, he has been offered a permanent spot. But Laverty's excitement is dashed when one of his patients unexpectedly dies.

Top surgeon, Dr. Scarlett Miller has had every privilege in life—except she has never dared to be honest about who she really is. She has always had a fiercely guarded heart and at work she constantly clashes with gorgeous and feisty rival surgeon Dr. Gianna Rodriguez. When Scarlett finally admits to herself that she might not be totally straight she seeks solace online on a forum for Sapphic women. Scarlett meets an anonymous woman on the forum who she has a real connection with.

World renowned neurosurgeon Jon Ritter is on the verge of a medical breakthrough that will change the world. His groundbreaking surgical treatment, using transplanted non-human stem cells, is set to eradicate the scourge of Alzheimer’s disease and give hope to millions. But when the procedure is slated for testing, it all comes to an abrupt and terrifying halt.

Here is P. T. Barnum's insightful review of humbugs, scams, deceits (and self-deceits) in culture, economics, entertainment, religion, medicine, and more.

A Shattered Dream. A Hardened Heart. One Walk to Redemption. Tanya Walker had it all—an unstoppable career as a sought-after interior designer, a deep-rooted faith, and a future brimming with promise. But in a single moment, everything changed. A devastating car accident leaves her broken—physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Forced to rebuild a life she no longer recognizes, Tanya’s once-unshakable faith begins to waver. Dr. Phillip Turner has spent years helping others heal, but when tragedy strikes his own family, grief consumes him. The loss of his brother sends him spiraling ...

When Dr. Craig Bowman is served with a summons for medical malpractice, he's shocked, enraged, and more than a little humiliated. A devoted physician who works continuously in the service of others, he endured grueling years of training and is now a partner in an exclusive concierge medical practice. No longer forced to see more and more patients while spending less and less time with each one just to keep his office door open, he now provides the kind of medical care he is trained to do.

Wounded in the line of duty, NYPD homicide cop John Corey is convalescing in rural eastern Long Island when an attractive young couple he knows is found shot to death on the family patio. The victims were biologists at Plum Island, a research site rumored to be an incubator for germ warfare. Suddenly, a local double murder takes on shattering global implications - and thrusts Corey and two extraordinary women into a dangerous search for the secret of Plum Island....

As Doctor Ariana Ross leaves her past behind and embraces her future, little does she know that the Outback holds more surprises than she could ever imagine. Dr. Ross embarks on her new position at a medical practice in a quaint Outback country town, where her presence leaves an indelible impact on the lives of many. Amidst the rugged beauty of the Outback, Ariana's path intertwines with that of Zane Lombardi, a charismatic and self-assured Italian orchard owner with a deep-rooted Christian faith. Scarred by past experiences, Zane remains steadfast in his aversion to the charms of ...

In a single devastating night, America falls. When logistics expert Nick Napier is summoned by the President to manage Operation Cradle—a massive refugee resettlement program—he has no idea he's walking into an elaborate trap. After being stranded in Scriba, New York, Nick finds himself at the epicenter of a coordinated terrorist attack that has crippled the nation's infrastructure and toppled its government. Cut off from the outside world, Nick joins forces with Dr. Walter Ashbaugh, a physician with his own painful past, and former National Security Advisor Alison Trent. Together, they...

While flying home after a phone call that left me heartbroken, a row to myself would have been ideal. Instead, I was unknowingly sitting shoulder to shoulder with a strikingly attractive single dad and ex-Marine. I could have pretended not to notice the man, but there was something familiar about him. It didn't take long before I pieced together where I knew him from or why he was back in my life.

As Charly struggles to recover from her brain injury, she begins to realize that the events of that fateful night are trapped in the damaged right side of her brain. Now, she must put the jigsaw pieces together to discover the identity of the man who tried to kill her...before he finishes the job he started.

In a world where royal rivals clash and a scheming king's dark intentions threaten to destroy everything, Crown Princess Alyn of Altaria and First Prince Kehal of Miren find themselves entangled in a dangerous web of treachery. Since their early days as competitive study partners, Alyn and Kehal have vied for success and recognition. But as they prepare to enter the prestigious Royal Academy to learn the art of ruling their nations, their rivalry takes an unexpected turn. Alyn's life is forever changed when she is ambushed by enemies from the kingdom of Taham, hell-bent on a sinister fate. ...

For 18 years Jack has been a “transplant tourism director,” sending wealthy Americans and Europeans in need of kidneys and other organs to third-world countries where they would buy them from transplant centers on the take. The death of a client and a newfound relationship lead to a crisis of conscience as he is forced to choose between a $2 million commission - and participating in a murder.

Travis Parker has everything a man could want: a good job, loyal friends, even a waterfront home in small-town North Carolina. In full pursuit of the good life - boating, swimming , and regular barbecues with his good-natured buddies -- he holds the vague conviction that a serious relationship with a woman would only cramp his style. That is, until Gabby Holland moves in next door.

Trowbridge Dispatch is part of the Trowbridge, Vermont series of novels and stories, wherein I.M. Aiken draws on her roots in public safety to narrate tales of the everyday heroes that every community depends on.

1939. Seventeen-year-old Nora Jennings has spent her life secure in the certainty of a bright, happy future - until one night of passion has more catastrophic consequences than she ever could have anticipated. Labelled a moral defective and sectioned under the Mental Deficiency Act, she is forced to endure years of unspeakable cruelty at the hands of those who are supposed to care for her.

You don't have to be killed in action to be a casualty of war. Medics Paul Adams and Lizzie Jarman are one of the most welcome sights to injured soldiers in the war-torn poppy fields of Afghanistan. With red crosses on their arms and medical equipment strapped to their backs, they thunder into battle in a Chinook helicopter – straight into areas everyone else is desperate to get away from. In the middle of the fiercest fighting British troops have seen since the Falklands War, the medics are the last defence from death on the ground in some corner of a foreign field. But in Afghanistan, ...

Beginning in Cork, Ireland, the novel recounts Perry’s journey from daughter to son in order to enter medical school and provide for family, but Perry soon embraced the newfound freedom of living life as a man. From brilliant medical student in Edinburgh and London to eligible bachelor and quick-tempered physician in Cape Town, Dr. Perry thrived.

Master Sergeant Reed Beckham has led his Delta Force Team, codenamed Ghost, through every kind of hell imaginable and never lost a man. When a top-secret Medical Corps research facility goes dark, Team Ghost is called in to face their deadliest enemy yet - a variant strain of Ebola that turns men into monsters.

Plastic surgeon Lou Edwards's life is complicated by two major issues. One, his wife has lupus, possibly due to leaking silicone from breast implants Edwards himself inserted. And two, his malpractice insurance has been canceled, as it has been for many other plastic surgeons, due to the burgeoning breast implant problem. But it gets worse. Shortly after Edwards threatens an insurance company president on national TV, the president is found murdered in his penthouse. Dr. Jim Bob Brady once again finds himself doing a bit of investigating, this time on behalf of a colleague. But how well ...