Elias Santini is a thirty year old locum Accident and Emergency registrar, from Medrindos, working at The Royal Hospital, London. The story starts with the hero's POV, for a change. The Santinis are notorious, their scandalous lives splashed in the tabloids every other day. In between his call time, while taking a nap, he's transported back to that night when he met her. But, he's awakened from his dream because of an emergency. An emergency in the form of Beth, his redhead, who's having a baby right then.

And that's where she comes in...

But that the results of that night had torn her life and her family apart.

Elizabeth Foster, a twenty-three years old events coordinator, is in London for the opening of her top client's restaurant. On her way back, she feels an acute pain in her back, and an odd sensation, which makes her hail a taxi to the nearest hospital, The Royal. She's only twenty-nine weeks along, after all.

It was perfect, the author's description of the medical situations. The constant struggle of just staying alive for a premature baby. The delivery scene has been written so beautifully.

She was so glad that her baby had been delivered with love.

I can't even begin to imagine how parents do not support their child during such trying times. Her father is a minister and his daughter has behaved improperly. While, on the other hand,

Elias said all the wicked things she thought but never voiced.

Though his parents too, royalty and all, they are so detached that it made me cringe.

Flitting between the past and the present, this made for an interesting read, especially with an emotional hero. Yeah! And combine it with a Scottish heroine from a conservative background. When Elias reveals how crazy about Beth he had been since the start is when it starts to feel all mushy. Especially the support he provides for her career-wise is well, it's just wonderful. I loved her name so much, Elias' daughter Eloise and their story times are so adorable. But, the blatant invasion of their privacy by the royal family is disgusting.

The surprise towards the end really caught me off guard. And however off-putting the situations were at present, it's family - the author brings about a lovely closure all around.

This book was a breath of fresh air. With an epilogue, it had something more than an HEA! A dreamy romance.

P.S. I was wondering whether older brother Andros has his own story. And wow...I have read sixteen books by [a:Carol Marinelli|4990|Carol Marinelli|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1356217416p2/4990.jpg] till now. And I have loved almost all of them!