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The Burnout Cure

(Prescription: Romance! )

Jill Blake (Goodreads Author)

4.37 · Rating details · 35 ratings · 21 reviews

When it comes to burnout, Lily Reid is an expert. Determined to turn her personal tragedy into a cautionary lesson for other physicians, she travels the country, lecturing about life balance and stress management. But her words falls on deaf ears—until she hits on a plan to appeal to a broader audience.

Enter Dr. Wolf Knox, aka “Wolfman MD.” He’s gorgeous, charismatic, and ...more

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Nov 30, 2017 Jill Blake rated it it was amazing · (Review from the author)

Shelves: contemporary-romance, medical-romance, alpha-hero, enemies-to-lovers

Readers always ask where I get my ideas.

With The Burnout Cure, I didn’t have far to look. While Wolf, Lily, and the characters who inhabit their world are fictional, the issues of physician burnout, depression, and suicide are very real—as are the sobering statistics that Lily quotes about how many physicians are affected.

The first seeds of this story were planted back when I was a young doctor-in-training. As Lily, the heroine of The Burnout Cure describes in the book, the hours and work condit ...more

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Dec 06, 2017 Kate McMurry rated it it was amazing

Shelves: contemporary-romance

Two commitment-phobe doctors with conflicting views about burnout reluctantly fall in love

Dr. Lily Reid, M.D., is 34. Seven years ago during her residency training, her fiance, a fellow resident doctor, committed suicide. Lily has avoided romantic relationships ever since and has no desire to ever have children. This horrendous tragedy also led to a permanent change of career for Lily. Unlike practicing medicine, which she realized at the time of her loss that she had only been pursuing because ...more

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Dec 25, 2017 Grady rated it it was amazing

“(Medicine)…highest suicide rate of any profession. We lose four hundred physicians a year to suicide.”

California author Jill Blake is a practicing physician who brings insight to her book that addresses issues of physician burnout, depression, and suicide. Her initial idea for this novel – ‘What if a woman who is smart, mouthy, and willing to challenge the establishment decides to turn her personal tragedy into a cautionary lesson for other physicians? What if the one man who can help her sprea “(Medicine)…highest suicide rate of any profession. We lose four hundred physicians a year to suicide.”

California author Jill Blake is a practicing physician who brings insight to her book that addresses issues of physician burnout, depression, and suicide. Her initial idea for this novel – ‘What if a woman who is smart, mouthy, and willing to challenge the establishment decides to turn her personal tragedy into a cautionary lesson for other physicians? What if the one man who can help her spread the message is an irreverent, unapologetic chauvinist who doesn't believe in burnout? And what if they strike sparks off each other, hot enough to burn up the sheets?’ Jill has published ten romance novels – WITHOUT A NET, COMING HOME, BALANCING ACT (The Santa Monica Trilogy), TAKING A CHANCE, THIS TIME FOR KEEPS, PURSUED BY THE PLAYBOY (The Doctors of Rittenhouse Square Trilogy), SWEET INDULGENCE, BEYOND THE IVORY TOWER, A MATTER OF TRUST (The Silicon Beach Trilogy) and now THE BURNOUT CURE – Book 1 of a new Trilogy she calls A Prescription: Romance!

A physician who writes Chick Lit! Dr. Jill Blake has made a successful second career as a writer and to offer a bit of her expertise at setting a scene for a drama, the following is excerpted from Chapter One: ‘“As some of you may have noticed, I’m not Dr. Williams,” he began. “My name is Wolf Knox, and I’m a hospitalist. For anyone who’s been living under a rock for the last decade or so, a hospitalist is the guy who takes care of your patients while they’re overnight guests at St. Mary’s. Now you’re probably asking yourself: why am I here today? Putting aside the existential question—because I hear they’re kicking us out of this room at one p.m., ready or not—the reason I’m here at this podium is because Doug asked me to step in while he’s off having a baby—” “Doug’s pregnant?” someone called out from a back table. Wolf waited for the laughter to die down. “I stand corrected. Doug’s wife was the one who went into labor last night. So while Doug and the missus are busy ushering in the next generation of Williamses, I’m going to introduce a few folks who’ve traveled a long way to talk to you today. You ready? All loaded up on caffeine? Feeling a bit jittery from all that java? Well, don’t worry. Our keynote speaker is here to share her secrets about relaxation. Which, for those of you keeping track of this sort of thing, is the keyword of the day. Come on, folks, say it with me. Reee-laaax-aaa-tion. Oh, and don’t forget to sign up for the free yoga and meditation session in the courtyard after lunch.”… “Sorry, folks, looks like the yoga session’s been canceled. The Physician Health Committee will work on getting it rescheduled, once Dr. Williams returns from paternity leave. In the meantime, please help me welcome Dr. Lily Reid, who comes to us straight from a sold-out engagement on the lecture circuit. In case you’re wondering why Dr. Reid is so popular, here’s the twenty-second version of her CV.” He retrieved Doug’s notes from his pocket and smoothed out the creases. “Dr. Reid received her medical degree and Master of Public Health from UCSD. She joined the RAND Corporation seven years ago, where she is now a research fellow in healthcare policy. Her articles on health and wellness have been published in top medical journals as well as the lay press, and she is a regular talking head—uh, guest—on radio and cable TV news. Please put your hands together for Dr. Lily Reid.” A flurry of movement along the far wall caught Wolf’s attention. This was Lily Reid? She wore a pencil skirt that ended just above the knee, a white button-down shirt, and a black belt that emphasized her narrow waist. With her auburn hair slicked back into a neat bun, a single strand of pearls around her neck, and those red, red lips, she was the embodiment of every sexy librarian fantasy he’d had as an adolescent.’

And Jill moves from that clever into into the plot as summarized: ‘When it comes to burnout, Lily Reid is an expert. Determined to turn her personal tragedy into a cautionary lesson for other physicians, she travels the country, lecturing about life balance and stress management. But her words fall on deaf ears—until she hits on a plan to appeal to a broader audience. Enter Wolf Knox, aka “Wolfman MD.” He’s gorgeous, charismatic, and his patients love him. So do millions of fans who follow him online, watching the music video parodies he makes in his spare time. Too bad Wolf believes “burnout” is synonymous with weakness. His motto? Suck it up—and if you can't handle the pressure, get out of medicine. As Lily and Wolf clash over plans for a joint project, their mutual disdain gives way to desire. But when a fellow physician’s suicide forces them to confront their own fears and prejudices, will their fledgling relationship survive?’

Naughty? Yes, but also rich in humor and character development and some fine insights into Medicine today. There is a good reason her books sell so well! ...more

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Feb 19, 2018 Tami Adams rated it really liked it

I volunteered to review this book without any promises about the review (the rating or the posting).

When I first started this book my excitement was quickly overshadowed by the feeling of having facts, legal terms and actions being shoved in my face. I pushed forward because I wanted to see how the overall story would play out. I was happy I did.

The following is my personal opinion and thoughts about many aspects of this book and its author.

COVER: ✯✯✯ - I found the cover to be bright and colorf I volunteered to review this book without any promises about the review (the rating or the posting).

When I first started this book my excitement was quickly overshadowed by the feeling of having facts, legal terms and actions being shoved in my face. I pushed forward because I wanted to see how the overall story would play out. I was happy I did.

The following is my personal opinion and thoughts about many aspects of this book and its author.

COVER: ✯✯✯ - I found the cover to be bright and colorful. It matched the story but only received 3 stars since the cover seemed a little generic.

PLOT: ✯✯✯✯ - The plot was very well planned and executed. There was a message there for anyone in any high stressful and busy profession. I’m unsure if Ms. Blake was trying to put the message so obvious, but I gained a greater appreciation for doctors and nurses. Besides the message, the story and romance between Lily and Wolf was very realistic and hot.

WRITING STYLE: ✯✯✯ - This is the first book by Ms. Blake I’ve read. However, I love her style. She brings a lot of descriptive writing into her book which is one of my favorite things. I unfortunately have to take away stars because of the legal terms. Some sections of the book specified certain actions and the order they have to proceed. I know Ms. Blake is a physician by day, but as an author...I felt she added too much unnecessary information that took away from the book.

CHARACTERS: ✯✯✯✯✯ - Lily is a firecracker. I absolutely fell in love with her from the get-go. She’s an independent woman with a mission. No time to stop from achieving her goal even when someone like Wolf walks into her life. Wolf, on the other hand, is handsome, sexy and professionally driven. But, he felt a little self-centered and full of himself. He never stopped to think about others when it came to certain topics. I’m awarding 5 stars for two characters that had me on a love/hate roller coaster.

OVERALL FLOW: ✯✯✯ - Once you move past the “documentary” feel that the facts about “doctor burnout” gives you, the flow was awesome. Everything moved towards a climax and conclusion. Unfortunately I didn’t even see the climax coming. Ms. Blake was incredible in hiding a climax that should’ve been so obvious. That being said I felt the book ended so abruptly that I was left wondering…”that’s it...where’s the rest”. Since this book is part of a series of stand alone books...I’m thinking there will be more in a future book.

Lily read lost her fiance to “doctor burnout”. She’s made it her mission, despite her famous physician father’s protests, to make sure the medical world and the world in general understands that stress and anxiety in any profession (specifically medicine) can have terrible consequences. Wolf is one of those doctors who believes that burnout shows weakness. He lives with the motto of “if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen”. Despite their difference in opinions these two find a way to be together and cause a lot of heat in the bedroom.

Under no circumstances was I approached by the author to read or review this book. I offered without any agreement or promise for any compensation. I am voluntarily giving my opinion about this book. My only affiliation with the author is that I am a fan and want to support by reading and posting this review of my own free will. ...more

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Jan 01, 2018 Grant Leishman rated it it was amazing

Shelves: read-2018

Reviewed For Readers' Favorite by Grant Leishman

Lily Reid, the only daughter of an eminent physician had dropped out of medicine during her residency and had instead focused her life and career on helping medical professionals deal with the overwhelming stress, depression and incredibly high suicide rate that so often is the bane of the medical profession. In The Burnout Cure: A Prescription Romance by Jill Blake, Lily believes vehemently in her advocacy and is a determined, strong and independ Reviewed For Readers' Favorite by Grant Leishman

Lily Reid, the only daughter of an eminent physician had dropped out of medicine during her residency and had instead focused her life and career on helping medical professionals deal with the overwhelming stress, depression and incredibly high suicide rate that so often is the bane of the medical profession. In The Burnout Cure: A Prescription Romance by Jill Blake, Lily believes vehemently in her advocacy and is a determined, strong and independent woman who has no desire or plans for a long-term relationship or a family. Her work and her passion to help medical professionals is her life. Wolf, was a doctor, who had it all - drop-dead gorgeous, he lived his life according to his own dictates. He loved women, but he didn't want a relationship. Sex was fantastic, but who wanted to overcomplicate it all with feelings? Wolf was of the old-school of thought. "If you can''t hack the pace of medicine, then look for another job." He looked at medicine like a soldier looks at Special Forces. It takes a special breed of man or woman to be a medical professional. "Suck it up!" was his opinion. When Lily and Wolf meet, the physical attraction is undeniable, but they are such poles apart in their views, can anything ever develop?

The Burnout Cure: A Prescription Romance by Jill Blake has absolutely no pretensions. It is pure light-hearted romance (chick-lit, if you like), but what I loved and what lifted it above your normal hospital, steamy romance book, was the seriousness and importance of the backstory to the two characters. Clearly depression, stress and suicide is a major problem within the medical profession and Blake has cleverly used the romance between Lily and Wolf to highlight something she feels strongly about. This is still a story about two disparate people, with virtually nothing in common, who find themselves, deeply physically attracted to each other, but the subtext gives it so much more depth. There is the full requisite of hot and steamy love scenes, which are totally necessary and I might add extremely well written by Blake, to not be over emphasised or incredibly crude as so often can be the case. I'm probably not the target market for this kind of steamy romance, but I was certainly glued to the pages and dying to know where it led us next. This is an excellent read and well above the usual hospital, romance pap, that can be so repetitive and boring. An excellent read from Jill Blake. ...more

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Dec 25, 2017 Nancy R rated it it was amazing

Shelves: keepers, opposites-attract-romance, enemies-to-lovers-romance, medical-romance

The Burnout Cure is billed as a contemporary romance/medical romance. Yes, it’s a love story. Yes, it includes smoking hot sex scenes. Yes, it has a happy ending. But it also has a serious message that author Jill Blake deftly interweaves with the plot and character development, in a way that enhances the story.

Full disclosure: I recently finished residency, so the world described in The Burnout Cure is very familiar to me. Blake is spot on with her rendering of the high-stress, high-demand, sou The Burnout Cure is billed as a contemporary romance/medical romance. Yes, it’s a love story. Yes, it includes smoking hot sex scenes. Yes, it has a happy ending. But it also has a serious message that author Jill Blake deftly interweaves with the plot and character development, in a way that enhances the story.

Full disclosure: I recently finished residency, so the world described in The Burnout Cure is very familiar to me. Blake is spot on with her rendering of the high-stress, high-demand, soul-sucking pace of medicine today. While it’s true that we’re hearing more about burnout these days, as far as I can tell nothing’s changed. If anything, conditions have gotten worse. Big institutions that train and employ physicians now pay lip service to the idea that we need better support to do our jobs, but they haven’t done much to help the situation. In a recent op-ed piece in the New England Journal of Medicine, a resident whose colleague committed suicide writes that the onus of dealing with burnout falls on the physician. We are given resiliency training and then sent right back into the thick of things. WTF? Nothing gets done to address underlying issues that lead to burnout in the first place, things that Blake talks about in this book: bureaucracy, insurance companies, the government, computerized medical records that are built for billing rather than for ease of use or patient care, etc.

So, anyway, this book tells the truth. The truth is depressing, but the heroine, Lily, offers hope and even a blueprint for how physicians can fight burnout. The slow evolution in the hero’s attitude from a**hat to believer is well done, and even though there were times I wanted to slap Wolf, I ended up falling in love with him. Because who can resist a man who’s funny, sexy, and carries your hairband in his pocket as a memento and then offers it to you when you forget to bring one yourself and the wind’s whipping your hair every which way? (I love those little details!)

Bottom line: The Burnout Cure is a great feel-good read with a message that stays with you long after you finish the last page.

An advance review copy of this book was provided by the author.
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Jan 16, 2018 Robin rated it it was amazing

I borrowed The Burnout Cure via Kindle Unlimited and really enjoyed it. I also learned a lot about physician burnout. I'd heard that medical residents have to work around the clock with minimal sleep, but this romance really brings home the toll it takes in terms of depression, exhaustion, and the possibility of something as horrible as suicide for residents and doctors.

In The Burnout Cure, Lily Reid is a passionate motivational speaker who tries to help physicians avoid becoming a statistic. A ...more

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Dec 30, 2017 Rebecca Austin rated it liked it

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Dr. Lily Reid was planning on becoming a doctor but when her life took a sharp turn she decided instead to becoming a speaker on the burnout that many doctor's face but don't seek help from. The problem she has now is that she needs a way to reach a larger audience and she is struggling.

Dr. Wolf Knox is attending the 65th Annual Postgraduate Medical Assembly as a favor to his close friend, Dr. Douglas Williams. He has no interest in the presentations at all but finds himself attracted to speaker ...more

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Feb 22, 2018 Lisa rated it it was amazing

I received a free complimentary book through Reading Deals and voluntarily reviewed it.

When I first started reading this book, I was wondering if I was reading a factual book about “physician burnout.” Since I knew this book was fiction, I knew that this could not be true. However, I had never read anything by this author before, so I thought that, maybe, this author was just, overtly, concentrating on an issue that was very dear to her heart while tying it up in a small fiction story.

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Dec 01, 2017 LJT rated it really liked it

The Burnout Cure is a well-written and exciting medical romance. Author Jill Blake is a full-time physician, so her story is replete with an in depth knowledge and understanding of what goes on in the medical profession. This narrative is a welcome addition to Ms. Blake's established book library.

Lily Reid is a highly qualified motivational speaker that specializes in physician burnout and depression. She knows from personal experience that it is extremely difficult for doctors to establish a wo ...more

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Dec 28, 2017 Mar rated it really liked it

Looking for a steamy romance to keep you company during the holidays (or throughout the year)? Look no further! The Burnout Cure is here and truly delivers some hot sex scenes. The story is not just about that: you also have a very good and captivating storyline involving two good-looking doctors who don’t see eye to eye in many situations, leading to a love/hate relationship.
Although it’s a romance, there’s a very serious topic approached here. Burnout affects a growing number of professionals ...more

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Jan 01, 2018 Pegboard rated it it was amazing

Jill Blake has a purpose to show the struggles physicians have when they feel burnout out at the pace their profession runs. They aren’t allowed to complain about the hours because it gives them bad reviews and if they show any form of mental weakness or reservations they could be ostracized without getting the help they desperately need. Often the only way they see out is to quit either the profession or end their life. Suicide is scary and it shakes a community when it is a doctor, they are th ...more

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Feb 18, 2018 Lauren rated it liked it

I received the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This is a different story which starts with two doctors, one a practicing hospitalist and the other a researcher who studies doctor's burnout and suicide. Although they are instantly attracted to each other, they seem to disagree on her work in the area of doctor suicide and other issues. It makes for an interesting dynamic and it is something that I knew nothing about.

Overall, I liked the book but did not love it. The main chara ...more

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Mar 22, 2018 Lissa Wells rated it liked it

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I received this arc for an honest review! This book is a decent contemporary romance about physician burnout and the rise in their suicides because of it. Lily Ried is giving lectures about her research but no one seems to be listening until she meets Wolf. However these two colleagues don't always seem to see eye to eye until it came to the bedroom!. Can these two lovebirds find the cure for burnout or will they just get burned?

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Dec 31, 2017 Payal Sinha rated it it was amazing

The Burnout Cure is a romance with a message- doctors need to have relaxation time too and recognize, manage and overcome their burnout symptoms. The story has other subtle messages too such as making use of humor to reach wider audience and keeping the listeners engaged and interested. The story obviously has the romantic element. The story is hot and sexy.and has the regular spice element, but it is the varied messages that makes the book above average.

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Feb 20, 2018 Melissa Hixenbaugh rated it it was amazing

I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book. I loved this book. It is a shame that it is a work of fiction, because physician burnout and suicides are a real issue today. As a romance novel, this book was super! Lily and Wolf are a great couple and have a lot of spunk and spice between them. I cannot wait to read more books from this author.

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Apr 20, 2018 InD'tale Magazine rated it liked it

Shelves: 2018-april, genre-contemporary, rating-3-star, steam-5

“The Burnout Cure” is a fast, sexy read that includes several scenes that could set the pages on fire.

Read full review in the 2018 April issue of InD'tale Magazine.

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Jan 07, 2018 Regina rated it it was amazing

Loved another book from Jill Blake. The romance is clever, heroine sexy confident and smart, many moments outright hilarious. The book again is written extremely well. Love that the author takes us into the medical world and shows us ups and down of the profession. Hoping for more soon.

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Feb 19, 2018 Pat rated it really liked it

Good storyline with great characters kept my interest until the very last page!

I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book.

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Mar 09, 2019 Melissa rated it really liked it

Do you feel burnout? This book gives you and insight of the nasty world that can be the medical profession while also showing you what can be done about it. The romance parts was so real and touching

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Jill Blake loves chocolate, leisurely walks where she doesn’t break a sweat, and books with a guaranteed happy ending. A native of Philadelphia, Jill now lives in southern California with her husband and three children. During the day, she works as a physician in a busy medical practice. At night, she pens steamy romances.

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