Unconditionally Hers: A Lesbian Age Gap Romance

Unconditionally HersBonds and Assets Book 3Alexa Woods, Sienna Harper © 2023 Alexa Woods, Sienna Harper All Rights Reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. This book is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or places, events or locations is purely coincidental. The characters are all productions of the author’s imagination.Please note that this work is intended only for adults over the age of 18 and all characters represented as 18 or over.Kindle Edition Follow Alexa's FB page, for sneak peaks, giveaways, and oversharing. Get notified of new releases and special offers by signing up to Alexa's Email List Table of ContentsAbout the Book:Chapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4Chapter 5Chapter 6Chapter 7Chapter 8Chapter 9Chapter 10Chapter 11Chapter 12Chapter 13Chapter 14EpilogueAlso by Alexa WoodsAbout Alexa WoodsAbout Sienna Harper About the Book:A feisty heart surgeon and her bookish intern are thrown together to investigate a string of mysterious incidents at the hospital, and as their vastly different personalities collide, their forbidden passion ignites.Michelle Foley, a world-renowned heart surgeon, is known for her unorthodox approach to medicine. And life.She's a laid-back personality who often prefers a wild party over a stuffy staff meeting, and her rebellious streak often leads her to break conventions and ignore rules.To rein in this tendency, the hospital board forces Michelle to take on an intern she never wanted.Lydia is bookish, naive, and embodies everything Michelle hates about the way medical students are educated. They clash instantly, but when a series of strange incidents endanger their ward, Michelle must turn to Lydia to catch the culprit.Soon, the volatile Michelle discovers that there's more to the buttoned-up Lydia than meets the eye. Lydia's sharp mind might just be the key to unlocking the mystery and Michelle's heart.Ever since a surgeon saved Lydia Beckett's life, she has wanted two things: to become a surgeon herself and to meet her ultimate hero, Dr. Michelle Foley. They say you should never meet your idol, and Lydia soon realizes why. Dr. Foley scoffs at hospital norms, rolls her eyes at conventions, and dislikes Lydia from the start.However, when strange events impact their ward, Lydia sees her chance to prove herself to Michelle.As they work together to uncover what's happening on their ward, Lydia sees beneath Dr. Foley's chaotic ways, and her professional admiration soon turns into something decidedly unprofessional and explosive.As they grow closer, Lydia must wonder: is a walk on the wild side perhaps just what the doctor ordered?Michelle and Lydia's story is the third in the "Bonds and Assets" captivating and steamy FF romance series by Sienna Harper and Alexa Woods.While each book in the series can be read as a standalone, with a guaranteed happily ever after for the couple, it is recommended to read the books in order for maximum enjoyment. Chapter 1The familiar smell of sterile floor wash and triple-filtered hospital air hit Lydia like a train as she stepped inside Silver Memorial Hospital. She’d always liked the clean feeling of walking into a hospital, it felt like stepping into another world—a world where the grime and muck of regular day-to-day life was left behind the moment you were blasted with the hospital’s freezing air.She held herself tall as she passed the reception area, flashing her new security badge at the guard nearby with butterflies in her stomach. With her spotless new white coat swishing around her as she moved, Lydia felt as though all eyes in the room were focused on her. It made her feel powerful, important—no one there would know she was just a resident, fresh out of her first year of rotation. To them, she looked like she belonged.It was different, to walk into a hospital as a doctor and not as a patient or an intern. The weight of her new responsibilities hung on her with every step she took towards the hospital’s cardiology unit, visions of her new life dancing in her head.Medical school had been difficult, with long nights spent confined in her room and barely any social life to speak of, and her year as an intern had been similarly stressful but it would all be worth it to start her new career in cardiology.Following the instructions she’d been given for her first day, Lydia headed over to the nurse’s station at the entrance of the cardiology wing. A woman with greying hair and kind eyes looked up at her approach, scanning the pristine coat hanging from Lydia’s shoulders with a knowing look.Suddenly, she didn’t feel quite so powerful.“Hi, I’m, uh…I’m Lydia Beckett. I’m the new resident assigned to Dr. Foley.”An odd look passed over the nurse’s face, but it disappeared too quickly for Lydia to be able to tell what kind of emotion was behind it.“Oh! It’s nice to meet you, honey. I’m Clara, the head nurse for the unit. Let me take you to Dr. Foley’s office. She’s with a patient right now but she’ll come meet you guys soon.”Lydia frowned. “Us guys?”“The other new resident is already here,” Clara said as she hustled out from behind the station, beckoning Lydia to follow her. She moved like someone who’d spent most of their life working in a hospital ward, easily dodging IV poles and other nurses with equipment without looking. Lydia could pick out the type easily, given the amount of time she’d spent in a hospital in her youth. So dedicated to their job that they barely ever spent time at home.“I didn’t realize there was another resident besides me.”The cardiology unit at Silver Memorial Hospital was world famous for treating patients other doctors had deemed lost causes. When she’d applied, Lydia was sure there was only one residency slot open with the unit’s chief cardiologist—the renowned surgeon Michelle Foley. She’d glowed for weeks after finding out she’d been chosen.“There was a little mix-up with the hospital, apparently.