Canadian Girl Book Blog
Written on Apr 21, 2022
Auckland Med.: Book One Michael: Two years ago I made a mistakeâa big one. Then I added a couple more just for good measure. I screwed up my life, but I survived. Now I have the opportunity for a fresh start. Two years in NZ. Away from the LA gossip, a chance to breathe, to rebuild my life. But I'm taking my new set of rules with me. I don't do relationships. I don't do commitment. I don't do white picket fences. And I especially don't do arrogant, holier-than-thou, smoking-hot K9 officers who walk into my ER and rock my world. Josh: One thing's for certain: Dr. Michael Oliver is an arrogant, untrustworthy player, and I barely survived the last one of those. He might be gorgeous, but my daughter takes number-one priority. I won't risk her being hurt again. I'm a solo dad, a K9 cop, and a son to pain-in-the-arse parents. I don't have time for games. I don't have time for taking chances. I don't have time for more complications in my life. And I sure as hell don't have time for the infuriating Dr. Michael Oliver, however damn sexy he is.
- ISBN10 1644056259
- ISBN13 9781644056257
- Publish Date 1 November 2019
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 August 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Dreamspinner Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 262
- Language English
Reviews
layawaydragon
Written on May 26, 2018
I was really surprised how quickly I was taken in and over by First Impressions. I just could not stop reading it. Not even in public! And that’s really saying something given how easily embarrassed I am. After a couple of sex scenes, I started skipping them to get to the plot movement and save myself from looking like a tomato on my lunch break.
Sidenote: Very sexy but goddamn, sex in literature is repetitive and weird. I don’t need a mental image of ribbons of semen spilling out like an Olympic twirler. But I suffered, so now shall you. You’re welcome!
The doc and I were meh at first and that lasted about halfway through. His struggles with nightmares, guilt, and self-medicating softened me up like butter in the microwave. I’m such a sucker for the tortured tryhards. I blame Angel and Spike personally.
Also, I must say, I’ve been cheated on repeatedly and am very sensitive to cheaters, yet this depiction and arc won me over wholeheartedly.
The K9 cop and I however hit it off right away. A single parent dating again and finding love after their heart being broken? Sign me the fuck up! No, seriously, where do I sign up for that program please?
I can definitely see this becoming one of those series that follow different characters around in each book while they find their happily ever after.
The only part I have issue with is the doc getting a Māori tribal tattoo when HE ISN’T PART OF A TRIBE. That’s just blatant unapologetic appropriation and the cop SHOULD NOT find that hot. He should instead KNOW better. He should’ve schooled him and helped him get a cover up, honestly.