The Heart of the Matter

John D. Loscher

Jul 2014 · AuthorHouse

About this ebook

The heart belonging to Dr. Jacob Rothmann, M.D., Professor of Anatomy and Physiology at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science is filled with rage. He has yet to recover from being romantically spurned some three decades earlier by the beautiful Melissa Neithaus in favor of his irresponsible roommate, Marty Adkins. Carrying that anger for nearly thirty years blackened his heart beyond reproach. With the cardiac physicians spirit completely devoured, he evolves into a repulsive man with no redeeming characteristics whatsoever. But, with Marty dying of congestive heart failure, Melissa re-enters his life As a renowned cardiovascular surgeon, Dr. Rothmann has the power to do as the woman he still loves with all his heart imploresSave Martys life. But does he have the heart to do it?

About the author

John D. Loscher is a college graduate and holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration. In 2004, he was awarded his Teaching Certificate from the State of Illinois. He is a former military enlisted soldier and commissioned officer in the United States Air Force. A veteran of the 1991 Persian Gulf War, he is a lifetime writer of scholarly papers and military reports. Only recently did he turn his attention to writing fiction. He is the author of the epic two-volume narrative, The Bolsheviks. He is also dramatist for a highly successful trilogy of novels Coming Out of the Dark, The Black Madonna, and In the Hands of the Gods. Writing under the penname of J.D. Cooper, he penned the novel Window to the Soul. He is currently hard at work writing his next novel.