Patti Doty: 3 books

H. Christian McLean, MD, renowned cardiac surgeon and connoisseur of women, is an unhappy man. Recovering from the heart attack that almost killed him and craving the Maker’s Mark now denied him, McLean despairs: Will he ever again repair an injured heart? Will women ever again desire him? Enter...

Heart pounding, Quinn wakes from sleep, her mother’s voice in her ears: “She’s dead, and it’s your fault.”Forty-three-year-old psychotherapist Quinn runs away from trouble, and she has plenty — a mother who hates her, clients whose stories make her vomit, a baby who’s died in...

Quinn DeMello has a long history of making bad decisions. Her problem-solving tactics—alcohol, sex, and running away—haven’t served her well. Now, in the days after 9/11, psychotherapist Quinn abandons her safe haven and her lover, Owen, to volunteer with the Red Cross. In the midst of trauma,...