The first time RJ defies her beloved father is when she is born a female; the second when she opts to study law rather than medicine Yet destiny is to overtake her when for the first time RJ Cole realises that she has inherited The Gift Holding the hand of a sick man RJ feels a dreadful certainty that he is going to die; tragically the patient is no stranger but her own lover Struggling with her grief RJ knows she must bow to the inevitable & become a doctor At first she combines her new talent with her legal work on cases where medical advice is needed & her diagnostic skill combined with The Gift make her an invaluable consultant But her life changes when she moves to a small town practice & is faced with a terrible dilemma
- & an important choice to make