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Single Dad Docs #3
The Single Dad's Proposal (Single Dad Docs, Book 3)
Will their new-found love…
Lead to an island wedding? In this Single Dad Docs story, aristocratic surgeon Rafael Valdez might be the heartthrob of Maple Island, but he only has eyes for one girl—his daughter Gracie! Until child life specialist Summer Ryan helps Rafael realise he doesn’t have to cope with the special care Gracie needs alone. Can he convince Summer there’s room in his life—and in his heart—for her too?
Lead to an island wedding? In this Single Dad Docs story, aristocratic surgeon Rafael Valdez might be the heartthrob of Maple Island, but he only has eyes for one girl—his daughter Gracie! Until child life specialist Summer Ryan helps Rafael realise he doesn’t have to cope with the special care Gracie needs alone. Can he convince Summer there’s room in his life—and in his heart—for her too?
- GenresRomance
192 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 24, 2019
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May 4, 2019
Book three in this series and I am getting more invested in the island and the wonderful people who live there, this time we get to know surgeon Rafael Valdez his daughter Gracie and childcare worker Summer Ryan as Rafael and Summer have a very up and down journey to a beautiful HEA.
Rafael is not only a Spanish aristocrat, he is a top surgeon, a fabulous father to his special needs daughter, he is also extremely handsome and after all that he has been through very determined to do everything on his own, so when his daughter’s childcare worker offers to help more with Gracie’s care this sets emotions flowing through him like he has not felt in a very long time, but can he accept her help and keep his heart.
Summer is a child life specialist and after being burnt badly by her ex and his son, she flees to the island to start a fresh and to stay single, but when one of the children in the centre needs special attention and she and Gracie get on so well, can she care for Gracie and not lose her heart to her father?
This is a moving story both Rafael and Summer have been burnt in the past with family and relationships and both are very reluctant to start something new, but when your heart gets involved and the emotions and feelings are hard to turn off then forward they must go, a sensual love pulls them together and with Gracie they look to the future on this wonderful island. This is one that I recommend to anyone who loves a good romance with a wonderful setting.
Rafael is not only a Spanish aristocrat, he is a top surgeon, a fabulous father to his special needs daughter, he is also extremely handsome and after all that he has been through very determined to do everything on his own, so when his daughter’s childcare worker offers to help more with Gracie’s care this sets emotions flowing through him like he has not felt in a very long time, but can he accept her help and keep his heart.
Summer is a child life specialist and after being burnt badly by her ex and his son, she flees to the island to start a fresh and to stay single, but when one of the children in the centre needs special attention and she and Gracie get on so well, can she care for Gracie and not lose her heart to her father?
This is a moving story both Rafael and Summer have been burnt in the past with family and relationships and both are very reluctant to start something new, but when your heart gets involved and the emotions and feelings are hard to turn off then forward they must go, a sensual love pulls them together and with Gracie they look to the future on this wonderful island. This is one that I recommend to anyone who loves a good romance with a wonderful setting.
April 21, 2019
Really enjoyed this volume of the Maple Island Single Dad Docs series. I do think it helps to have read the other books by the other authors though.
I really liked the dynamic between Summer and Rafael and I feel the scenes between Gracie and those she loves were sensitively done in trying to portray a child on the autistic spectrum.
Rafael and Summer’s relationship did feel a little fast at times and Christina was something of annoyance but all in all I enjoyed the sweetness of the story coupled with the spiciness of the relationship. I do think I prefer Karin’s U.K. based stories though.
I really liked the dynamic between Summer and Rafael and I feel the scenes between Gracie and those she loves were sensitively done in trying to portray a child on the autistic spectrum.
Rafael and Summer’s relationship did feel a little fast at times and Christina was something of annoyance but all in all I enjoyed the sweetness of the story coupled with the spiciness of the relationship. I do think I prefer Karin’s U.K. based stories though.
March 21, 2019
I tried to finish this book, but got about 2/3’s of the way through and just didn’t care enough about either character to continue. The story doesn’t explain why they like each other, but they are fighting their attraction to each other due to past disappointments in the romance department. They see each other and only interact when the hero drops his autistic daughter off at the daycare where the heroine works. How does this foster love or even friendship? I think this falls into the insta-love category of books, which is not my favorite trope. If you like this type of book, you may enjoy it more than I did.
January 31, 2019
Boring... I was sick and tired of re-reading about the trust issues of the two main characters. I struggled to get through it.
February 9, 2019
This was adult, bedtime reading for me and took two weeks, so could probably be read in a weekend. A sweet, contemporary romance.
February 10, 2019
Review posted at HarlequinJunkie.com
Summer Ryan has every reason to avoid Dr. Rafael Valdez. She’s been burned by love before and doesn’t know whether she’d survive making the same mistake she did with her ex in getting involved with a man that has a child. Still, there’s something about Rafael’s daughter that has her sticking her nose in where it doesn’t belong, especially since Rafael doesn’t trust easily after his ex-wife. However, the more time they spend together, the more Summer finds herself falling for Rafael. Will history repeat itself or will she finally get her man?Read More
July 9, 2025
Amazing book! Though I did just skip like all the hospital scenes and surgery scenes. It described and showed the daughter’s Autism so well. Cuz fella’s Spanish and a surgeon like HELLO? MARRY ME INSTEAD CUZ! The smut in this book is written sooo well. The only downfall is the POV’s. I got so confused half the book wondering who’s who. One minute it’s summers and the next is Raphael’s (all in second person too). And it doesn’t state whose POV it is.
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