An Explosive Reunion

NYC Angels #8

by Alison Roberts

It only takes one spark!Dr. Alex Rodriguez and Dr. Layla Woods learned the hard way that their passion was as destructive as it was sizzling. They had no choice but to walk away before it destroyed their careers and their hearts for good.But now they're back in each other's orbit, and suddenly their past becomes their future once more. Because trying to fool the buzzing hospital grapevine that the spark between them has died is a challenge. And convincing each other? Impossible…

Genres: Harlequin, Romance, Contemporary

257 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

I was born and raised in Dunedin, New Zealand, but had my first year of school in London, UK and the second in Washington DC. I became a primary school teacher and began writing when I was living in Glasgow, Scotland for two years and teachers were all on strike. My first novel was a medical thriller with a good dash of romance thrown in.
I have now written well over a hundred romance novels with more than a dash of medicine thrown in. I love weaving the emotional journey of a love story through the background drama the medical world can provide. I also love the rabbit holes I can go down in the name of research.
Above all, I love romance. And a happy ending!

Reviews

[Desere · Rating 5 out of 5]

Falling for the woman of your dreams and being one of the worlds top surgeons are two of the most important and greatest achievements for anyone, but when you loose the woman of your dreams and then loose a patient the next day and then get sued for the death it is bound to destroy any faith you might have had in life and yourself.

Finding it again can be a long and torturous journey. And sometimes facing the past is the only way to get back up and out there.

In the eighth and final book from the new Mills and Boon NYC Angels series it tells the story of Alex and Layla, for those of you that have read the other seven books in the series you will know that these two have been going at it for quite some time and we have been given glimpses into their relationship or lack there of, and personally I have been waiting to get the full story ever since book one.

The read tells of Layla, she was trapped in a dead end marriage and took a easy way out, by starting a blazing hot passionate affair with sexy together-we-will-create-more-steam-in-the-shower -without-so-much-as-a-drop-of-water Alex!

However Layla finds herself at point where she hates herself and her actions and calls off the affair, only she does so the night before Alex is to take on a major operation, his focus is not all there and thus he looses the lifesaving battle.

The grieve stricken family lash out by suing and Alex's life tumbles to the ground. He picks himself and carries on but always holds the guilt close to his heart. When Layla shows up again the red hot attraction is still there, he can't resist her and soon they are back in bed together but can he trust her enough to not walk away again this time, or even trust himself enough to not fail again?

The character of Layla, was one I did not like all that much as cheating on your husband is never the right answer, find a way out of the marriage and then start thinking of a new future, the hurt to others involved is always less that way. I could understand why the author lets her be so weak but I also wanted to see her get up and fight for happiness and I adored when the author finally lets her take control of her life.

The character of Alex was absolutely addictive, I could not for one moment stop wanting to know more about the man that faced so much hurt and anger and I simply adored the manner in which the author lets him find the trust not only in himself but in others again in order to get his life back.

The backdrop setting were as in the previous books focused mainly on the hospital , again it brought out the emotional and heartfelt moments of drama and the very real truth of what medical staff need to face inside and outside the emergency doors, they are afterall just like us only human.

The dialogue was great, the author gave me wonderful enjoyable moments of conflict and truth revealing moments of joy and sorrow.

I took away a message of holding onto the past and never trusting again can be the biggest downfall when you need to get up and try again.

I highly recommend this book for all lovers of romance with medical drama as a backdrop and second chance love.

5/5 star review
" The love they share is one that will never burn out"

[Palinda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pantesan aja nama dua tokoh utamanya kayak nggak asing. Ternyata ada keterkaitan sama nove Lynne Marshall yang judulnya saya lupa.

[Mahareni Sukadi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ternyata buku ini adalah judul ke-8 dari series NYC Angels, pantes banyak karakter-karakter pendukung yang kayaknya memiliki story sendiri, misal Dr. Tyler n istrinya Eleanor, trus Cade (adiknya Alex). Agak sedikit pusing bacanya.

Btw, dari judulnya yang ada kata Explosive, kirain bakal ada adegan hot yang meledak-ledak. Bah...ternyata zooonk, malah sex scene-nya diloncati n tiba-tiba udah selesai aje.

Gak selesai baca buku ini, bukan karena gak ada adegan panasnya, tapi emank hampir selalu bosen baca buku romance yang karakter utamanya dokter, apalagi dokter ketemu dokter. Kalo gak setting tempatnya di rumah sakit, pasti bertebaran juga istilah-istilah kesehatan yang lumayan bikin kepala pembaca makin berat.

[A · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars rated up. Explosive plot. Amazing h and H. To me once a cheater/fidelity are sacred. But here, despite the fact that in their past h and H had an affair when the h was still married, I liked them both and could root for their HEA!

[Fanny Roswita Ria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ada bagian2 yang tdk gw mengerti, waktu menceritakan beberapa tokoh diluar hero dan heroine seolah2 gw sdh tahu bagaimana romansa tokoh yg diceritakan tsb padahal sama sekali ga ngeh

Sosok tokoh utama diceritakan mempunyai masa lalu dimana pada saat itu sang heroine sdh berstatus menikah (ini aja udah bikin gw rada ill-feel sama tokoh heroine) dan hubungan tsb dipikir sang heroine tdk akan berlanjut kemana2 oleh karena itu dia memutuskan utk meninggalkan sang hero.

5 thn kemudian mrk bertemu di LA, dg posisi sang hero sbg kepala bagian bedah dan sang hero sbg kepala RS angel's yg mendedikasikan pelayanan utk anak dan balita. Chemistry itu masih ada, bahkan stlh bertahun-tahun berpisah itu tdk memudarkan apapun. Tp rasa tdk percaya dan kemarahan msh bercokol dr pihak sang hero, menyebabkan setiap tindak-tanduk sang heroine sangat dicurigai. Kasus yg hampir sama kembali menanungi mereka dan hubungan itu pastinya jatuh-bangun lebih dari 5 tahun lalu.

Ps: kyknya karakter sang hero ini demen sama yg udh nikah, buktinya ada 1 hubungan lain sesudah periode dg sang heroine

[shms · Rating 3 out of 5]

I vascillated about this, two or three stars. Possibly my expectation were too high based purely on the premise of a second chance between 2 people who find themselves working at the same place. One of my favourite tropes.

I couldn't quite connect with either the h or the H, and some aspects like the previous infidelity, she's was married while they'd had their first affair dealt with inadequately and not sitting comfortably with me. I felt this had just been skimmed over rather too conveniently but the h doesn't come off looking like any kind of an heroine.

Overall entertaining and well written.

[Harlequin Books]

Miniseries: NYC Angels
Category: Home and Family

[Jumk · Rating 2 out of 5]

I expected more really. I think the hero deserved better. 2.5 stars from me.