The St. Jude's Medical Series by C.G. Macington

Dr. Maxwell York has a protocol for everything. As the Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Max is a man of precision. He likes his coffee at exactly 180 degrees, his office silent, and his life sterile. He is the "Ice King," and he has no intention of melting. Dr. Jax O’Connell is a disaster waiting to happen. The Head of Trauma is Max’s exact opposite. A former combat surgeon who drives a mud-splattered Jeep, listens to AC/DC in the OR, and treats rules as mild suggestions... moreDr. Maxwell York has a protocol for everything. As the Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Max is a man of precision. He likes his coffee at exactly 180 degrees, his office silent, and his life sterile. He is the "Ice King," and he has no intention of melting. Dr. Jax O’Connell is a disaster waiting to happen. The Head of Trauma is Max’s exact opposite. A former combat surgeon who drives a mud-splattered Jeep, listens to AC/DC in the OR, and treats rules as mild suggestions. To Jax, medicine is warfare, and he’s the "Trauma Cowboy" leading the charge. Oil, meet water. When a hospital merger forces their departments together, Max and Jax are shoved into a shared office. A single strip of blue painter’s tape on the floor is the only thing separating Max’s pristine order from Jax’s chaos. Max wants him gone ASAP. Jax wants to see just how far he can push him before he breaks. But as the pressure of the hospital mounts, the friction between them sparks into something neither of them can control. Max is realizing that chaos might be the one thing his life is missing, and Jax is finding out that the Ice King burns hotter than anyone else. Sometimes, the only cure is a little. .. Bedside Manner. less

Spite is a powerful sedative. But in the ER, adrenaline is the only drug that matters. Preston York has spent his entire life as the "Spare" to the York dynasty: the fun one, the flighty one, the one expected to do nothing more than look good in a tuxedo. But when his older brother Maxwell—the Golden Boy Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery—makes a bet that Preston wouldn't last a week in the real world, Preston decides to prove him wrong... moreSpite is a powerful sedative. But in the ER, adrenaline is the only drug that matters. Preston York has spent his entire life as the "Spare" to the York dynasty: the fun one, the flighty one, the one expected to do nothing more than look good in a tuxedo. But when his older brother Maxwell—the Golden Boy Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery—makes a bet that Preston wouldn't last a week in the real world, Preston decides to prove him wrong. He trades his silk sheets for scrubs, his brunch dates for the graveyard shift, and his dignity for a pair of rubber gloves. He’s ready for the blood, the guts, and the exhaustion. He is not ready for his boss. Dr. Lucas Silva clawed his way up from a fourth-floor walk-up in Queens to become the Chief Resident of St. Jude’s. He runs on caffeine, grit, and the crushing weight of his family’s expectations. He has zero patience for tourists, especially not the entitled, devastatingly handsome son of the Chairman of the Board who wears Gucci loafers to a trauma activation. Luke is convinced Preston is just slumming it before retreating to the safety of the boardroom. Preston is determined to prove that he’s more than just a last name. But navigating residency is impossible when the entire York clan is breathing down your neck. Between Maxwell micromanaging his surgeries, Jax O’Connell treating the trauma bay like a contact sport, and a mother who tries to bribe the hospital administration to treat her dog, Preston is fighting a war on all fronts. As the late nights turn into early mornings, the friction between the Spare and the Chief Resident sparks into something dangerous. But when the family legacy offers Preston a golden parachute back to his old life, he has to decide: Is he playing doctor, or is he finally ready to be real? The prognosis is chaotic. Conflict of Interest is the direct sequel to Bedside Manner. It features the return of Maxwell and Jax, an eccentric billionaire family with no boundaries, a grumpy Chief Resident, a sunshine Intern, and enough medical drama to require a crash cart. less

The Ice King. The Trauma Cowboy. And a wedding so disastrous that it is going to require a surgical team to save the reception. Maxwell York lives his life by a strict, six-page, colour-coded protocol. As a world-class cardiac surgeon, his 'Standard of Care' is more than a professional code: it is the only way he can navigate a world that has always inexplicably been too loud and too fast... moreThe Ice King. The Trauma Cowboy. And a wedding so disastrous that it is going to require a surgical team to save the reception. Maxwell York lives his life by a strict, six-page, colour-coded protocol. As a world-class cardiac surgeon, his 'Standard of Care' is more than a professional code: it is the only way he can navigate a world that has always inexplicably been too loud and too fast. But when his mother, Catherine, turns his wedding into a royal coronation, Max’s carefully maintained "Ice King" mask begins to shatter under the weight of 1,200 guests and a cathedral full of unpredictable variables. Jax O’Connell is used to the noise. Between his years as an Afghanistan war medic and his current role as Chief of Trauma, he has built a life on hyper-vigilance and split-second decisions. He knows his fiancé is not cold: he is just calibrated differently. But between a hijacked 747, an Enzo-designed "Tactical Tuxedo," and the ghosts of his own past, Jax is realizing that eloping might be the only way to keep them both from flatlining. As the York family’s rigid legacy faces a hostile takeover, the chaos reaches a fever pitch. While Max and Jax battle sensory overload and PTSD triggers, Max’s father, Alistair, is hiding a secret of his own. His uncharacteristic behaviour and strange tropical interests are about to drop a sudden shock on the family at the worst possible moment. When a long-buried secret about Max’s childhood reveals the lengths Catherine went to "sanitize" his history, the merger of the century becomes a mass casualty event for the social elite. Amidst triple vows and a flock of confused doves, Max and Jax must perform the ultimate life-saving procedure: building a future where they do not have to be "cured" to be whole. Return to St. Jude’s Medical for the hilariously high-stakes third installment of the series. Wedding Manner is a steamy, "Own Voices" MM romantic comedy featuring a brilliant surgeon unmasking his truth, a veteran surgeon managing the echoes of war, and a happy ending that is strictly off-protocol. less