By: Deidra Duncan
Many thanks to Harlequin Trade Publishing and The Hive for the ARC of this book!
In this friends to lovers book, Asher Foley and Jocelyn Maddox are both doctors. He is an OB-GYN, and she is an anesthesiologist. They are BEST friends. They spend tons of time together, have inside jokes, are very comfortable together, but have never cross the line. Joss is anti-relationship due to her past, and Asher wants a woman who wants a serious relationship. This is why their friendship works. Until it doesn’t. Until Asher opens up to her, and Joss begins to open up to him. But she keeps pushing him away, “rejecting” him. With a hurricane coming, Joss decides to stay at her house this time instead of going to Asher’s house, which is built to weather the hurricane. Will Joss’ walls ever fully come down for Asher?
The premise of this book sounded really good, which is why I wanted to read it. The book, however, is almost 400 pages long and I don’t feel like it needed it be. There was a lot of repetitive thoughts of the two main characters. I wish I counted how many times that Joss said or thought she didn’t want a relationship and how many times Asher mentioned he wanted a relationship and talked about the same feelings. I think if we cut some of it out, the book would be shorter and the pacing would be better. It also took a really long time for anything to really happen in the book.
That being said, when things actually started happening between Joss and Asher, it was really good. Their chemistry was well written, and their banter was written even better. There were also some laugh out loud moments of the book. I remember at least three! Mostly, they had to do with funny stories form their job. The book even starts off with one of them!
The book is good, I just think it could be edited a bit and it would make it great! I do recommend this book to those that like romances, especially workplace romances or medical romances.
Publish Date: April 14, 2026
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