This is probably the least of my favorites among Frieda McFadden's novels.It started out with a very successful dermatologist who was shot in the head but miraculously survived. While recuperating , she finds out she is married to a very good-looking lawyer who turns out to be a manipulative cheater. The chapters were very short and reminiscent of her usual style that goes back and forth between before and after scenarios. It was obvious from the start that her husband had something to do with her accident but several red herrings keep on popping out between stories making you doubt your original suspicion.In between stories she meets another patient named Jamie who strikes a close relationship with her.
Anyway the gist of the story was that one of her patients who died has given her a 2.5 million inheritance. Along with her best friend , Brigid , she hired a detective to investigate her husband and a lawyer who helped her hide her inheritance in an offshore account. This is the reason why her husband was adamant to have her to sign a power of attorney so that he could get his hands on the cash. He hired someone to shoot her so that suspicion won't be laid on him. Unfortuantely the shooter got caught. As her husband was trying to kill her, her friend, Jamie, rescued her by attacking the husband. The husband was eventually thrown in jail. She still refused to continue a relationship with Jamie because she thought he was getting back to his ex-wife.
A year later, after she was given surgery to restore her skull, she ends up celebrating with her best friend , Brigid , when they end up seeing Jamie again. Hence the story ended up with a romantic turn with a possibility for her to regain her practice as a dermatologist.
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