How to handle a powerful attraction… Get it out of your system quickly! In this Nurses in the City story, Lola Fraser knows better than to fall for her best friend’s brother, paramedic Hamish Gibson. Living together while he’s training could get awkward–fast! But as they work together on a heartrending case, they can’t resist the temptation to take their minds off work. Surely one night will … Surely one night will be enough…until they discover it isn’t!
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Lola Fraser had met Hamish Gibson that morning when they briefly crossed each other’s path for the fundraiser that had taken place in town. After a long and difficult day in the ICU, Lola needed a large drink, and maybe some physical comfort. That’s where she saw Hamish for the second time, and sparks flow. Lola knows she shouldn’t go there: Hamish is her roommate and best friend Grace’s brother, but Grace doesn’t need to know, and Hamish is not staying. Until he comes back a few months later for some training, and Grace obligingly let him have her room. Neither Lola nor Hamish has forgotten that night, but it cannot happen again.
TEMPTED BY MR. OFF-LIMITS is a perfectly wonderful, and wonderfully perfect romance! I had never read a medical romance before – I didn’t quite know what to expect, and I wasn’t sure I would enjoy it – but Amy Andrews is a favourite author of mine, so I took a chance, and I’m so happy I did! I must say that Hamish is a totally dreamy hero, and I fell in love with him much quicker than Lola did; he is honestly everything I look for a male protagonist in a romance novel: he’s straightforward, he is naturally sexy; he doesn’t come across as arrogant, but full of honest self-confidence; he’s a caring individual and he understands Lola’s concern given that he is a paramedic, and she an ICU nurse. Amy Andrews’ own background as a nurse gives much credibility and authenticity to the story, and the hospital drama is exciting, enlightening as it deals at some point with organ transplant. I also loved how the medical and romance parts flowed so seamlessly to form a smooth and very compelling narrative.
Hamish is a country boy at heart; he thrives on stability, Lola a nomad, and while their attraction and fondness for each other, I had no idea how they would ever work together to find their happily ever after. Hamish is open to compromise, but Lola not so much, and how they finally found a way was just fabulous. I loved that neither Hamish nor Lola assumed that their relationship was off-limits: Grace warns Lola quite specifically that it is not a good idea. I enjoyed the vivid descriptions of the Australian setting, and I had to google those jacaranda flowers to see for myself what they looked like – they play a very important part in the story. The writing is, naturally, flawless, the banter between Hamish and Lola so normal and delightful; I loved this romance so much because it felt normal, it was entirely believable from beginning to end; it felt like it could happen to me, like this is what true love really should be. I have nothing but very good things to say about TEMPTED BY MR. OFF-LIMITS: it is a quick read, perfectly paced, and utterly lovely and delightful!
Sexual tension leads the way in this fast-paced medical drama! I adored both Lola and Hamish, and watching their connection grow as they spend more and more time together was really breathtaking. They each have emotional and at times gut-wrenching jobs, so tension was high throughout. Really enjoyed!
Paramedic Hamish Gibson is needing a place to stay for a short time, so his sister steps in and offers up her half of her old place since she’s moved in with her man. No problem right? He gets along with her flatmate well. Maybe too well that one night three months ago!
Nurse Lola Fraser can’t say no when her BFF Grace wants her to let her little bro stay in the flat for a couple of months while he finishes up some training. So they slept together. It was only one night, and a one off for sure. He’s a great guy and they’ll just be friends … right?
I have enjoyed all of Amy Andrews’s books that I have read, and this one was no exception. The characters are well drawn, the dialogue is snappy, and the plot is intriguing. I meant to read just the first chapter before bed, but I was absorbed in the action and blew by my bedtime. This is that kind of book. My favorite parts were the empathy Hamish and Lola had for the tough parts of each other’s jobs and their shared feelings about organ donation and other important topics. I also enjoyed the way the threads of the story worked together to create the whole picture. That added to the emotion of the book and made the end very satisfying. This book is a keeper that I will definitely reread.
loved it. Amy Andrews really captures the feel of the medical situations. the characters are believable and of course her humor
MS Andrews always writes a book that is sure to leave me a very happy reader and this one is no exception, I have just had a lovely steamy, sizzling and moving journey to a gorgeous HEA with two very opposite people (or maybe they are not) one city one country, but both so very much attracted to each other that staying just friends is not going to happen.
Lola Fraser is an ICU nurse in a big city hospital she works hard and loves her job and is fun-loving single gypsy, she longs to travel like her great aunt. She grew up in the sticks and getting out of Doongabi was the best thing she had done, but when she offers to share her apartment with her best friend’s brother Hamish Gibson the world as Lola knows it is turning, sex for fun and de-stressing is changing the way she feels.
Hamish is a real country boy and when he comes to the city to take a course to further him in his paramedic career staying with Lola for a few months should be easy and fun even if they had shared a very steamy night together a few months before that was only to help her sleep that night. But when there is a tragedy in the city and both Hamish and Lola are emotionally affected this brings them back together and Hamish is losing his heart to the girl who is always going to be single.
This really is a beautiful story with heart wrenching cases on the road for Hamish and in the ICU for Lola and together they lean on each other but Lola is still determined to be single and travel the world and she is stunned that Hamish falls in love with her, this doesn’t sit well with her and then when a closer loss for Lola makes her see that there is room in her caravan for two the world is a happier place for her and Hamish. I loved this one from start to finish, fabulous moving story with sizzle to boot and yes it left me smiling, lovely location and Christmas and New Year, this is one that I highly recommend.