At age 51, Dr. Doretha Vaughn decides to advertise for a husband on the internet. Soon she finds the love of her life. For eight years, Sam Cawley, a warm and kind man, treats her like a queen- filling her days and nights with laughter and affection while providing a caring refuge from the daily suffering and death she battles as an emergency physician.
But on that dreadful day, at Boston's Logan Airport, a phone call from the Broward County Sheriff in Florida pulls the plug on Doretha's life of happiness and security. She learns that Sam Cawley is really William Wallace, an escaped felon who has been on the lam for seventeen years and is now wanted in Florida on charges of identity theft and credit card fraud.
Many readers may see her husband as a con man, drug dealer, and thief. But to those who do not understand her choices, she asks: "How could you behave differently?" Whether woman cheer Doretha's every move, slowly come to respect her stand, or shake their heads say, "Girl, what are you doing?" they will be swept along on this journey into the depths of a crisis that few of us can imagine. Ultimately, The Fugitive's Doctor is a dynamic and thoughtful story, not just of the strength of the vows of marriage, but of human frailty, stamina, fear, courage, hope, forgiveness, deepening love and salvation.