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Francesca Alvarez thought she'd at least get through her first week at Edenbrook without making any waves. It was not her intention to provoke world-class diagnostician Ethan Ramsey into throwing down a challenge on her third day-well, not exactly her intention, anyway. Diagnostics came easy enough for her, but if there was one thing she was sure about, it was patient care. And Dr. Ramsey, with the ice he had for eyes, seemed like he could care less. Or not care at all. Maybe it was reckless. Maybe it was foolish. Maybe she'd just sunk her career before it even started. But how could she have let that slide?
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