A Heartbeat Away

Crow Durango, a housekeeper in Mercy Hospital's Emergency Room, begins delivering life-saving medical bulletins she received from Dr. Glass, the former head of the Mercy ER who died sixteen years ago. The widow of a well-known jazz musician, Crow meets the ER's current chief, Thomas Graystone, at a Greenwich Village club. Graystone, a society doctor, is surprised to find that he is drawn to someone like Crow, whose background is the projects. Their unlikely love improvises its way into their lives amid the feverish heartbeat of the ER. An unusual, entertaining and pulse-pounding story. "Entertaining...graphic, spiced with wit...spirited storytelling" (Publishers Weekly)