A Doctor's Desire Carlisle Medical Book #2
Gay Romance
Andrew Grey Publisher
March 29, 2022
Kindel
119
Amazon
General practitioner Dustin Avarilla has been on the job for a few years—long enough to find out that some doctors, especially his boss, don’t see things the same way he does. Dustin believes that the patients come first, but his boss is more concerned with the bottom line. When Charles Morton brings his very sick niece in right at closing time, Dustin’s care starts trouble with his boss, but touches Charles’s bruised heart.
Charles is nearly frantic when his niece becomes ill. He’s had custody of Anna for only six months, following her parents’ sudden death, and he might be in over his head. Dustin is gentle and caring, which is just what his little patient and her Uncle Cheesy need. Charles feels his focus has to be on Anna, and the last thing he’s looking for is love. Dealing with a new job and town, along with becoming a parent, is almost more than he can handle.
Charles and Dustin meet again at a friend’s party, with heated attraction drawing them closer. One dinner leads to a date, with chemistry building by the second. But Charles’s mother, who feels Anna should be left in her care, and Dustin’s boss, who decides their relationship isn’t up to the family image of the practice, form an unlikely alliance that threatens to pull their budding relationship apart. While alone, they are vulnerable, together they might just get everything they desire.
Reviewed by: Linda Tonis
Member of the Paranormal Romance Review Team
Dr. Dustin Avarilla is a General Practitioner working at a family practice whose devotion to his patients doesn’t sit well with his boss Dr. Franklin DeSoto the managing partner of the practice. DeSoto’s main interest is money and when a patient comes in at closing time Dustin immediately sets out to give the patient medical attention causing DeSoto to bring to Dustin’s attention the fact that the practice will lose money.
The patient was a five-year-old girl suffering from the flu and she was in the arms of her uncle. Charles Morton’s sister and brother-in-law both died in a small plane crash leaving Charles as her guardian. It has been a very touch six months since their death and him becoming an instant parent. Uncle Cheesy as Anna calls him has moved to Carlisle, gotten a new job and became a parent so when Anna got sick, he panicked. As panicked as he was it didn’t stop him from noticing the handsome doctor and feeling an instant attraction.
When Dustin attends a friend’s party, he is surprised to find Charles there and that was the beginning of a beautiful friendship that would hopefully lead to more. Both men had bad experiences with past relationships and are hoping for something meaningful. Of course, not every man is ready for a man with a child, but Dustin is not every man. Adding to the already complicated situation is Dustin’s boss insisting that his relationship is not good for their practice and Charles’ mom insisting that Anna would be better off with her and her grandfather.
This was a beautiful story of two men and a five-year-old little girl all of them deserving happiness and whether they get it is not for me to say but for you to find out. If you are a fan of Andrew Grey then you know you will not be disappointed and that you will be in for a great read.