Diagnosis: Sleep-running
Treatment: Truth
Prognosis: Beautifully Awake
Lili Porter hates the rain. Bad things happen in the rain. As a small town social worker dedicated to protecting children, she is forced to start over to escape her rural disaster. Determined to follow her father’s advice—head up and chin high—Lili finds herself in a new city, taking on a new system, this time healthcare. In doing so, she gets something she never expected, an intimate behind-the-scenes look at life in the hospital.
Lili learns that a surgeon’s hands have the power to heal more than physical wounds. And a prescription for truth can cure three years of sleep running and leave you beautifully awake.
Treatment: Truth
Prognosis: Beautifully Awake
Lili Porter hates the rain. Bad things happen in the rain. As a small town social worker dedicated to protecting children, she is forced to start over to escape her rural disaster. Determined to follow her father’s advice—head up and chin high—Lili finds herself in a new city, taking on a new system, this time healthcare. In doing so, she gets something she never expected, an intimate behind-the-scenes look at life in the hospital.
Lili learns that a surgeon’s hands have the power to heal more than physical wounds. And a prescription for truth can cure three years of sleep running and leave you beautifully awake.
Wow! What a wonderful debut novel from two gals who
call themselves Riley MacKenzie. I
absolutely loved not only this story, but the actual writing itself.
This story is about to broken people, Lili and Chase.
Lili is running from something in her past. She has built up walls and does not
let men get close to her heart. Lili is a little different than other damaged
characters we read about. A lot of times, these types of characters do not let
people in. Period. In Lili’s case, though, she lets people in as friends, even
the guys. However, these guys do not have a prayer of making it past the
“friend zone.” Chase, a neurosurgeon, is her new boss at the hospital where she
works as a case manager. Just like Lili, he is damaged. But, he does not let people
in. He keeps everyone at arm’s length and maintains only a professional
relationship with people. The only person he really has is his best friend,
Asher.
Without meaning to, the pair break through each
other’s defenses and they form a seemingly unbreakable bond. The chemistry
between Chase and Lili is explosive. Prepare yourself for some smokin’ hot
scenes. Chemistry aside, they lack communication when it comes to their pasts. When
those demons rise to the surface, they are left more than just a little shaken.
They take turns being the rock the other needs and I absolutely loved this
about them. While Chase is usually the dominant one in the relationship, there
are times when Lili needs to take charge. The two find their balance and dive
head first into their future together.
The authors did a wonderful job creating realistic
characters. I loved Lili’s pregnant best friend, Sierra. She is spunky, out
spoken, fiercely protective, and has a heart of gold. Chase’s best friend,
Asher, is equally as awesome. I can’t wait to get my hand on his book. I also
wouldn’t turn down a story from Guy. (Just sayin’ girls.)
This book was on its way to a solid 5 stars, but
towards the end, it got a little redundant. Chase and Lili’s need for “truth”
was repeated a little too much for me. There was also the use of nicknames a
little too often, and not just between Chase and Lili. However, I am fully
aware that the nickname thing is a personal thing. I also felt there was a tad
too much drama. The two just get hit after hit, and I kept thinking that
something had to give. Obviously it does, because Riley MacKenzie delivered a
beautiful HEA.
Overall, I think this is a fabulous book that everyone
should read. Riley MacKenzie is definitely a pair that you should watch out
for. I know I am looking forward to more awesome works by them!
Yep.
That's an “s.” There are two of us!
We’re East
coast girls separated by Long Island Sound who met in Physician Assistant
School and have been besties ever since. We can safely say that thirteen miles
of water does not get in the way because we talk or text, no exaggeration, at
least 150 times a day. No, really, we do—about everything and nothing.
Shockingly, we never (we mean never)
run out of things to say. Umm, ever. We
definitely laugh A LOT and we’re a tad sarcastic. And if we’re being totally
honest, one or two people might have, on occasion, used our names and
‘dramatic’ in the same sentence. But it’s hard to trust the sources since they
married us.
It only
took twelve years, two husbands, five kids, two dogs, and a two-week vacation
in Cape Cod later to decide the romance world needed a splash of medicine. Write what you know.
So you can
easily find us at 4 o'clock on Bank Street beach with a glass of cold Prosecco
brainstorming. And guaranteed if we bump into you, literally, it’s only because
our iPhones are glued to our hands (totally out of our control) either writing
or editing our next novel (and yes, it is possible to do from your iPhone, we
mastered it … damn those straight quotations).
When we
are not working on our book or reading the latest angsty romance on our
kindles, you basically name it and we have it going on. Soccer, lacrosse, golf,
swimming, dance, gymnastics, football, chess, baseball, basketball, skiing, ice
skating, school, homework, and more school.
Oh yeah,
did we forget to mention our careers in medicine?
Needless
to say, we realized fast that something had to go, so we opted for sleep. It’s
completely overrated (yet so AMAZING) and delirium makes everything funnier.
Good thing we share a brain and can pretty much complete each other’s sentences
(definitely weird, we know), otherwise it might have taken us two years to
write Beautifully Awake rather than one.
So that’s
our story, who we are … just add AUTHORS to the list!
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