The Doctor is in Love: a Medical Romance Anthology

Walk along the corridors of Sta. Gianna University Hospital for a glimpse into the lives of its doctors as they heal the sick, serve those in need, and fall in love in this medical romance anthology.

FIRST CUT BY ANGELI E. DUMATOL
Tags: rivals to lovers, there is only one residency slot
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Fresh from the medical boards, Sage is determined to get into the prestigious neurosurgery residency program at Sta. Gianna University Hospital. Unfortunately, only one first year will be accepted, and for that slot, she has to compete with Rainier, son of the renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Acosta. Pre-residency finds the two of them going head-to-head in a showdown of knowledge and skill, but Sage and Rainier soon realize that the coveted residency slot isn't the only thing they want anymore: They also want each other.

THE DAYS OF RAIN AND FLOWERS BY EK GONZALES
Tags: there is only one bed, friends to lovers
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Rain finds themself having lost a hotel room reservation for an out-of-town medical conference. But suddenly their crush Toni takes them as a roommate during the conference. Being so close together while so far from the hospital, things are finally talked about, finally said, finally done

FINALLY HOME BY CELESTINE TRINIDAD
Tags: friends (research partners) to lovers, second chance romance
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Mayumi and Joaquin were not only research partners and co-fellows during Mayumi's brief stay in the US for her fellowship, maybe they were more, so much moreuntil she left him to go back home to the Philippines. They meet again two years later, when they are both invited as speakers in an out-of-town medical conference of Sta. Gianna University Hospital. Awkwardness ensues, yet feelings also return. Will they also get another chance at love?

STATUS: IN A FAKE RELATIONSHIP BY SUZETTE DE BORJA
Tags: friends to lovers, fake dating
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OB-GYN Guia Carlos is afraid her best friend pediatrician Dominic Carpio is going to get his heart broken all over again. His glamorous ex-girlfriend is back in Manila and is going to the same out-of-town medical conference he will be attending in Subic. If protecting Dominic from another heartbreak requires tagging along to a weekend conference and posing as his new girlfriend, then Guia was going to do it, even if it might just be at the cost of her own heart.

Content warnings: depictions of a broken healthcare system and government corruption, mention of deceased parents, mentions of homophobia concerns and toxic masculinity

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