Fair Play by Deeanne Gist

Fair Play is a historical fiction that has a combination of romance and suspense throughout.   It takes places in 1893 at the Chicago World Fair.  

Billy Jack Tate is a determined young doctor in a society where only men are supposed to be doctors. She waits for patients to enter her door, but no one ever comes to see her.  When she is approached by someone to work part-time as a doctor at the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893, she decides  she needs to take the position.  

Hunter Scott is a Texas Ranger who has been sent on a temporary assignment in Chicago.  While there, his duty is to be a watchman of the Women’s building at the fair.   When he suddenly has a medical problem, he finds himself being treated by Billy Jack Tate.  He is definitely not comfortable having her or any other woman for that matter,  as his  doctor.  In his opinion, women should be at home and definitely not be a doctor!

Although they have different and strong opinions about many things, they find themselves working together to help underprivileged children.  They work together to building a playground for these children.  As the project progresses, so do their feelings that they have for each other. 

Their future together seems to be unmanageable for various reasons.  Their careers are important to each of them, and they are aware that neither one of them will be willing to give them up.

Will one of them give up their dream so they can be together?   You definitely need to get this book to find out what happens to these two opinionated characters. 

I received a free electronic copy of Fair Play from NetGalley and Howard Books in exchange for my honest review of this book.