DIANNE DRAKE

"Ms. Drake gives her characters personality and innate human flaws, really bringing them to life for her readers."
- Coffee Time Romance

Hello, and welcome to my website!

Thank-you for stopping by to take a look at what's going on in my writing world. As you'll see when you browse my pages, most everything that's going on is medically-inclined. Or, as my publisher puts it, "Pulse-raising romance, heart-racing medical drama."

I'll have three medical romances out for you this year. And, in case you don't recall seeing these Harlequin Mills and Boon books on the shelves in your favorite bookstore, that's because you may not have. The medical romances are first released in the United Kingdom, and on the book shelves there. Two months later, they're released in the United States, but on the Harlequin website only. Somewhere in that timeline they also go to France, Australia and several other countries where medical romance is a passion.

So, what makes these books so different? Well, the passion, the drama and the romance you have come to expect from Harlequin over the years are all there. But, there is a little added bonus because Harlequin Mills and Boon Medicals always have a medical story going on, filled with doctors, nurses, paramedics and all the other medical practitioners who make life better. And somewhere along the way, you can bet there will be a medical situation or two - an emergency during an Alaskan avalanche, a rescue along the road, or a quiet moment at a sick child's bedside.

When I was a child I loved to read stories involving doctors and nurses. I still do. And now, I love to write them!

Please feel free to spend a few minutes browsing my website. And, by all means, I'd love to hear from you!

Wishing you health & happiness!

DIANNE DRAKE

Coming soon from Harlequin Mills and Boon Medicals:

THE WIFE HE'S BEEN WAITING FOR
January, 2009

Dr. Michael Sloan's brilliant surgical career ended after he was badly injured. Sheer strength and determination got him through, but scars run deep. Now, as a ship's doctor, he can avoid emotional entanglements. Until a beautiful passenger falls into his arms...

Dr. Sarah Collins has taken time out to travel the world and rebuild her shattered confidence. The attraction between her and the gorgeous doctor is instant - and while Michael shows Sarah she still has abilities to heal, this caring, beautiful woman makes Michael believe that he is, most definitely, a man worth loving.

Read an excerpt...

Coming in hardback, April 2009, paperback, June 2009

DR. VELASCOS' UNEXPECTED BABY

There were three things Doctor Gabriel Velascos never expected:

1. A baby

2. The desire to leave his big-city medical practice for an isolated mountainside medical clinic in Peru

3. Doctor Arabella Burke

Sometimes though, the things you don't expect are the things you need the most.

Coming in hardback July, 2009, paperback August 2009

FOUND: A MOTHER FOR HIS SON

Doctor Dermott Callahan's past life is full of ugly secrets that he has promised to keep to himself. Nurse Jenna Lawson has her fair share of ugly secrets, too. Yet the one thing about these two that was never a secret was their attraction for each other. Except the secrets got in the way and forced Dermott and Jenna apart. But years later, they have another chance at love, if only they don't allow their secrets to destroy them once again. Now, though, the stakes are higher, and it's because of their love for each other, and especially for one little boy, that the truths from the past must be revealed and the consequences faced.

"...an author to watch."
                                                  - Romantic Times