AUTHOR: NIKKA MICHAELS & EILEEN GRIFFIN
Pages: 55
Date: 20/08/2013
Grade: 5
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The Blurb:
Chase Williams is a gorgeous
but painfully shy web designer whose long-term boyfriend dumped him for being
such a “nice” guy. Instead of meeting his buddies at the local bar for a drink,
he helps his elderly neighbor with a DIY project. When a wobbly step ladder
leads to a banged up wrist and a trip to the ER, Chase is convinced it’s the
worst night ever. Then he meets his handsome nurse.
Matt Owens is the boy next door who loves working in the busy ER. He’s more than ready to clock out from his double shift until he meets his patient in Bed 4.
But will Matt’s attraction to Chase be enough to make him break his rule about never dating patients?
Matt Owens is the boy next door who loves working in the busy ER. He’s more than ready to clock out from his double shift until he meets his patient in Bed 4.
But will Matt’s attraction to Chase be enough to make him break his rule about never dating patients?
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So, what is it that
makes a book a wonderful read for me? I’m not sure I can put my finger on what
exactly the secret ingredient(s) may be but I know one thing for sure. If I
have a huge, happy grin on my face once I finish a story it is a sure sign that
I found one of those very special little gems. And boy did I have a - probably
rather stupid - grin on my face when I put my reader aside and reflected on
what I just read.
Apart from the fact
that this is a charming story about two men meeting each other under less than
ideal circumstances and getting together despite the odds being stacked against
them – as if that isn’t enough – there is a lot to love in this novella.
I loved the banter
between these two men, the way they are teasing each other almost from the
moment they first meet in the emergency room. I adore that Matt and Chase
aren’t stereotypes. It is nice to have a story where the confidence and
insecurity seem to shift from moment to moment between the two characters.
Chase is a typical geek who loves his job and is usually quite happy in his own
company, something his former partner couldn’t or wouldn’t appreciate:
“I’m lame. Too boring. Too
nice. Not funny or outgoing or enough for him. I’m too much of a recluse for
Mr. Popular.”
And Matt has his
own reasons for avoiding getting too close with Chase, this hot patient he is
treating in the emergency room. But, and this is one of the things I love so
much about this book, there is no protracted drama. Neither of these men allows
their hang-ups to get in the way of instant attraction. As Matt says:
“What kind of idiot lets one
bad experience dictate how they live their life.”
I’ve recently found
myself getting really impatient with books in which one or more of the main
characters is forever second-guessing themselves and can’t express how
delightful it is to read a book in which the main protagonists get over
themselves and their insecurities and just grab the bull by the horns.
And the banter
between Matt and Chase. Did I mention how much I loved it? How could I not end
up smiling when faced with dialogue like this:
“Matt? Shut up and kiss me…My
pleasure. Shutting up now.”
Or, for one more
example, this:
“The things you moaned are
illegal in twenty-seven states, I’m pretty sure. But for you, I’ll try them all
once.”
If I had to come up
with one complaint about this book it would be that it wasn’t any longer. I
would have loved to spend another hour, day or even week with Matt and Chase. But, that is
not to say that this story isn’t long enough or feels rushed or unfinished.
Quite the opposite in fact. This is a perfectly constructed story; it tells the
reader what they need to know in order to get a good idea about who these
characters are. There is enough of a back story to explain the way they behave
and there is so much chemistry between Matt and Chase that the heat of it
shimmers off the page. In short; this was one very lucky find and a very
promising debut for these two authors. And now that I’ve been introduced to
Nikka Michaels and Eileen Griffin I can only hope that they’ll continue
writing. As long as they do, either together or with individual works, they’ll
have one faithful reader in me.
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