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L.A. Metro

R.J. Nolan

Start date: December 10, 2011

Finish date: December 31, 2011

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Sep 23, 2020 S rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This book came along at just the right time for me. I was hesitant to start another series but when I saw that it was a short series I decided to treat myself to something I've wanted to read for a while. Now, not only have I read the book this week, but I've also listened to the audiobook - a sign of just how much I really enjoyed this storyline.

I loved both of the MCs. Jess and Kim say and think to themselves "what a pair" a lot in this book, and I have to agree, what a pair they are. They're ...more

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Feb 17, 2019 Betty rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: lesfic, dog, friends-to-lovers, slow-burn-romance, docs

L.A. Metro by R.J. Nolan is a wonderfully sweet medical romance that tells the story of two doctors. Dr. Kimberly (Kim) Donovan is hired to work at L.A. Metropolitan Hospital after a disastrous stint at a hospital in Michigan. She meets and works with Dr. Jess McKenna, the head of the ER at L.A. Metro. Both characters are damaged souls because of traumas in their pasts, and this causes both of them to hold back from the almost instant attraction they felt for each other. As colleagues, then frie ...more

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Nov 14, 2014 M rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: l-books, romance

Lovely read. Standard setting and plot, but so well realized that you don't feel as if you have read it before.

Wonderfully well presented characters, natural dialogue and a great big dog. What's not to like? ...more

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May 27, 2019 Katia M. Davis rated it liked it · review of another edition

I can't say I was blown away by this book. It pretty much followed the basic formula for lesfic drama. There were the usual characters who had something dreadful happen to them in the past which affects any relationship in the future. Jess and Kim have to battle their own demons and insecurities as well as each other's in order to be spat out the other end, hopefully towards a brighter future. Along the way we had the ubiquitous misunderstandings and the 'Did I hurt yous?' and 'Are you sures?' j ...more

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Jun 21, 2013 Sandra rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Dr. Kimberly Donovan is a thirty-something psychatrist – and she's ready to start over as far away from her ex-lover as possible. After being involved in a debate about her ethics, her lover, the ER Chief of Memorial Hospital where Kim worked at, leaves her and even denies their relationship. She ends up in L.A. Metropolitan Hospital, more than ready to move on, professionally as well as personally.

On her first day at work she learns, that her new job entails being the ER psych consult – a job n Dr. Kimberly Donovan is a thirty-something psychatrist – and she's ready to start over as far away from her ex-lover as possible. After being involved in a debate about her ethics, her lover, the ER Chief of Memorial Hospital where Kim worked at, leaves her and even denies their relationship. She ends up in L.A. Metropolitan Hospital, more than ready to move on, professionally as well as personally.

On her first day at work she learns, that her new job entails being the ER psych consult – a job no one in her department seems to want. Chief of the ER is Dr. Jess McKenna. She is known throughout the hospital as controlled, cold and unreachable. Not the best start for Kim on the new job it seems but when she meets Jess, she's attracted to her right from the start. Wary because of her instant attration and quite sure that she's not interested in yet another affair with an ER Chief, she focuses on finding her place in her new department and getting on good working grounds with Dr. McKenna.

Jess feels equally attracted to the new doctor in the psych department, however, she's been burned with an inter-office relationship as well and has been the focus of gossip ever since.

Both women decide to keep their professional distance and focus on work instead. Along the way they become close friends who admire each other for being really good medical professionals – and both can't help slowly falling in love with the other.

L.A. Metro is a really entertaining read that I'd like to recommend to anyone who's interested in reading about grown-up women with pasts and a professional life that's important to them. I really cared about both characters and liked their way of interaction. These women know what they want and have been burned for it in the past. Despite that, they are still willing to take risks – both professionally and in their private lives.

My only complaint is, that I'd have loved to learn more about the plots of the secondary characters and the hospital in general, e.g. in the beginning, when Kim starts out on the job there's a lot of conflict between the different departments and later on we get to know a young resident that struggles with managing her family and her career. She talks to both protagonists – Jess as her boss and Kim because she's a willing listener. Unfortunately, we don't get to know her better and just assume that she managed somehow. And then there's Jess' sister ... But that complaint is not something that couldn't be corrected in a sequel.

Other than this minor thing I really enjoyed the book and will certainly read it again. ...more

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