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Dr. Almost: A Pandemic Love Story
Serena Tobin has a secret. The beautiful, jet-setting, A-list celebrity is blessed with perfect recall and the ability to function on only a few hours of sleep a night. Her crowd doesn’t value those assets. To fit in, she plays the part of the self-absorbed, bubble-headed heiress. But that isn’t enough anymore, so she has enrolled in medical school under her full legal name, Rowan S. Cassidy-Tobin. Thus far, she’s kept her alter-ego under wraps.Student by day and the ultimate party girl at night, her life is perfect until a DNA test meant to create an artsy medical family portrait reveals she isn’t biologically a Tobin. Disowned by her once-doting father and emotionally abandoned by her mother, Serena, rather Rowan, throws herself into unraveling the Tobin family medical curse to earn her way back into the family that really isn’t hers.His co-workers call him Dr. Negative Personality. Dr. Jason Akerman is painfully aware of what he socially awkward, uncoordinated, and average. Barely average. Not tall. Not muscular. Not handsome. Toss in still a virgin, and he’s the textbook definition of geek. But he also knows he’s brilliant with a knack for absorbing complex information and quickly mastering any topic that catches his attention. His newest passion is finding a cure for the virus that has gripped the world with no signs of letting go. That research has led to a fascinating discovery. Has he accidentally stumbled onto information that could solve the mystery of his fraternity brothers’ potentially fatal blood allergy?When his funding is cut, he’s reassigned to the intensive care unit to supervise a new crop of medical students allowed to gain field experience battling the killer virus. One student stands out. The one who volunteers to help him with his project on her own time. The one who offers to fund his research. The one who just about every straight man on the planet fantasizes about having in his bed.Serena Tobin could have any man she wanted. Why would she be interested in him?Scroll up and one-click for this pandemic love story.
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Published December 7, 2020
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January 18, 2021
Romance During A Pandemic
I’ve been avoiding all the ‘pandemic’ romances that have been cropping up this year. Mainly because when I read romance I’m looking to escape reality and the pandemic is as real as real can be. However, I really like the Tobin Tribe books and didn’t really register that this was a pandemic love story until after I started reading. I’m glad I didn’t avoid it because though it dealt with the harsh realities of the pandemic it was also a sweet romance.
Rowan Serena Cassidy-Tobin is a celebutant. She’s incredibly wealthy, beautiful, sexy and sells millions of magazines with her escapades. She’s also incredibly intelligent, loving and desperately lonely. At the same time as travelling around as a celebrity selling appearances and posing for the paparazzi during the holiday break, she’s also been attending medical school, qualifying early with top marks. Due to the pandemic, she is roped into working in a hospital before fully qualifying to help treat COVID-19 patients.
Dr Jason Akerman is highly intelligent, not particularly attractive, comes from a wealthy family that’s rapidly going broke due to mismanaging finances and focusing on charity and medical work. He had to give up private practice and moved to work in a hospital and is given a job of working with the latest intake of almost qualified doctors.
Rowan (as she now likes to be called) and Jason are not an obvious couple and I liked that for once the hero wasn’t sexy and charismatic, he was awkward and homely. I also liked how the author did not shy away from the realities of working with COVID-19 patients and the horror and grind of it all. She captures the paranoia of a year filled with masks, hand sanitiser and chapped sore hands so well but in a way that doesn’t dwell on it too hard.
The romance between these characters is sweeter for never really seeing each other’s faces for a long time, as they fall for each other. It’s almost made me think more positively about choosing other novels set in the present climate.
One other thing I liked about this novel was how the author managed to turn around my opinion of Serena and explain how she became Rowan in a way that made sense and was sympathetic.
I was worried that this book would be the end of the Tobin Tribe books, but it seems there will be at least one more. I don’t know what I’ll do after that! I am very surprised that this series doesn't have more reviews and ratings for it because I think it's very engaging and enjoyable. I really hope more people read this author because I want her to keep writing.
I’ve been avoiding all the ‘pandemic’ romances that have been cropping up this year. Mainly because when I read romance I’m looking to escape reality and the pandemic is as real as real can be. However, I really like the Tobin Tribe books and didn’t really register that this was a pandemic love story until after I started reading. I’m glad I didn’t avoid it because though it dealt with the harsh realities of the pandemic it was also a sweet romance.
Rowan Serena Cassidy-Tobin is a celebutant. She’s incredibly wealthy, beautiful, sexy and sells millions of magazines with her escapades. She’s also incredibly intelligent, loving and desperately lonely. At the same time as travelling around as a celebrity selling appearances and posing for the paparazzi during the holiday break, she’s also been attending medical school, qualifying early with top marks. Due to the pandemic, she is roped into working in a hospital before fully qualifying to help treat COVID-19 patients.
Dr Jason Akerman is highly intelligent, not particularly attractive, comes from a wealthy family that’s rapidly going broke due to mismanaging finances and focusing on charity and medical work. He had to give up private practice and moved to work in a hospital and is given a job of working with the latest intake of almost qualified doctors.
Rowan (as she now likes to be called) and Jason are not an obvious couple and I liked that for once the hero wasn’t sexy and charismatic, he was awkward and homely. I also liked how the author did not shy away from the realities of working with COVID-19 patients and the horror and grind of it all. She captures the paranoia of a year filled with masks, hand sanitiser and chapped sore hands so well but in a way that doesn’t dwell on it too hard.
The romance between these characters is sweeter for never really seeing each other’s faces for a long time, as they fall for each other. It’s almost made me think more positively about choosing other novels set in the present climate.
One other thing I liked about this novel was how the author managed to turn around my opinion of Serena and explain how she became Rowan in a way that made sense and was sympathetic.
I was worried that this book would be the end of the Tobin Tribe books, but it seems there will be at least one more. I don’t know what I’ll do after that! I am very surprised that this series doesn't have more reviews and ratings for it because I think it's very engaging and enjoyable. I really hope more people read this author because I want her to keep writing.
December 12, 2021
Another Excellent Tobin Tribe Tale
Great story with a lot of heart about Dr. Ackerman and Serena Tobin. I enjoyed the big surprises, the perspectives on the importance (or lack of importance) of external attractiveness and, of course, the humor. Love the characters!
Great story with a lot of heart about Dr. Ackerman and Serena Tobin. I enjoyed the big surprises, the perspectives on the importance (or lack of importance) of external attractiveness and, of course, the humor. Love the characters!
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