The Doctor (Nashville Neighborhood) Paperback – August 14, 2018

Genuinely went into this with the absolute worst book hangover ever. Finally decided I needed something fun and quick and boy am I happy I picked this book, but I fear it’ll put me into another slight book hangover. This is Penelope Douglases book birthday girl on rich and classy steroids. It’s an actual 5 star read. Quick. Easy. To the point. Hot and slightly taboo. The doctor is a hottie with a mouth and knows how to use what he has. Cassidy is cute and fun and a perfect FMC. Deff give this book a read for something light and fun. I loved it.

I have kind of an obsession with age gap books, which is funny cause I don’t really love it in real life, but hey that’s what books are for. There is also a trope in this book that I really like, a relationship with the ex’s father. It’s just a recipe for drama and angst, and I feel like this book delivered on the drama and angst.I liked Cassidy, I could identify with her from when I was younger. She really just wants to be wanted, to be someone’s first choice, to be made a priority for someone else. She’s also at that point in her life where she is trying to figure out what she wants and who she is, but isn’t necessarily thought of as an full grown woman by her family. Been there.Greg, is her ex’s father. Who doesn’t exactly have the best relationship with his son. And of course you know getting into a secret relationship with his son’s ex is not going to help the dynamic between father and son. You know it’s going to blow up. And it’s probably going to be epic. Greg is a decent guy a think. He wasn’t a great father because he was a father to young, but he is trying to make up for it now. He’s a doctor, who seems like a good one. He’s also good to Cassidy.There is a lot of angst in this book, and really angsty towards the end. There is a great scene in the hospital that really kicked me in my guts, which of course I love. Book that make me feel are great. Important points of this book are that it’s a decently spicy book, its a secret romance so look for sneaking around, there’s some heartbreak, and a satisfying end. It’s a easy reread for me.

This is book one in the Nashville neighborhood series and it was steamy in the best way. I did read other reviews and they were right about the adult fun times being a big part of this book. There is also a full story about friendship, second chances, and people growing up in different ways. It was nice to read that apologies were given and accepted in a real fashion. I liked the characters and their flaws. This is an age gap ( Doctor Greg) and awakening (Cassidy) romance which was nicely done. Read On!

I loved this book. My favorite part about it was it didn’t take long to get going. It was sexy and steamy. Can’t wait to read more by Nikki Sloane!!

First of all I want to preface this by saying I do NOT have daddy issues. This usually isn’t my favorite trope when the FMC is below like 25 because it gives off more of a pedo vibe than love interest and I usually don’t like romance books that have smut right off the rip since there’s no build up. HOWEVER the writing in this is a 12/10 I was engaged the entire time. The scenes were SO VIVID and the perfect amount of spice and description. I didn’t feel like the MMC was creepy or grooming her in anyway - I actually loved the way he yearned for her (NOT JUST LUSTED). I read this book in 3 hours and I was not disappointed. The twist? Not so great, the climax? PERFECT, the ending? Excellent conclusion AND NOT THE TYPICAL THEY GET ENGAGED/MARRIED. Very much a feel good story 🤌🏻

Sorry was fast paced and super spicy good story line though. I wouldn't read it again though but I think a one time read is good.

This is the first Nikki Sloane book I've read, and I highly enjoyed it. I'm partial to age-gap romances, which I realize are not to everyone's taste. This is a short book and a fast read; in 40-year-old Dr. Greg Lowe and Cassidy, who turns 20 in the course of the story, Ms. Sloane has succeeded in creating a fully developed and sympathetic hero and heroine. The novel is told entirely through Cassidy's first-person POV, so we get a lot of Cassidy's internal monologue, struggles, and conflict. Nevertheless, we also glean a lot of what's going on from Greg's perspective through sharp, realistic, and often emotionally powerful dialogue.There is a "taboo" angle in that Greg is the father of Cassidy's ex-boyfriend Preston, and that they commence their relationship rather quickly after her breakup with Preston. However, the Cassidy-Preston relationship had been going south for some time (pretty much entirely Preston's fault; he's been ignoring a lot of the time except when he wants to have sex with her; he's not a very sympathetic character for most of the story, but, by the end, the reader gets some insight into his struggles with Greg's negligence due to Greg's workaholism when Preston was a child; and Greg's effort to repair the relationship with quality fatherhood now).Several previous reviewers have complained that Cassie is immature. i don't entirely agree. I don't mean to seem ageist, but she doesn't strike me as particularly immature for a 19-20-year-old. She is relatively inexperienced in matters of the heart, to be sure, and perhaps "green" or naive in a couple of other ways emotionally, but I find her to be reasonably intelligent and sensitive. She strikes me as caring genuinely about both Preston, even after she breaks up with him and when she's angry with him, and about Greg. Even though I'm a guy, I find her quite relatable in terms of stuff I dealt with when I was in my late teens and twenties. Ultimately, she has two particularly important qualities for a good romance heroine: she's assertive and she knows what she wants.Another repeated criticism of this book is that Ms. Sloane succeeds in developing a powerful physical connection between Greg and Cassidy but little or no real emotional connection. I disagree. While it is true that the love/sex scenes comprise roughly 50% of the text (if that's not your thing, I'd advise that you skip this one); the sex scenes are quite potently written; they flow well and capture them in an intimate way. In addition to the usual activites such as mutual oral sex and vaginal intercourse, Ms. Sloane maximizes the erotic potential of mutual musturbation. Greg also devises a creative solution for Cassie and his mutual pleasure when they're faced with an unplanned separation on their date night. (I won't spoil it, but it's pretty hot). There's an appropriately handled (that is, lube + enthusiastic consent) anal scene that works on an emotional as well as physical level in terms of deepening the trust between the two partners.With all that carnal knowledge being exchanged, Ms. Sloane still makes space for real emotional intimacy between Cassidy and Greg. As is essential in any true erotic romance, all the love/sex scenes include emotional moments/aspects/romances that involve either bringing the couple closer emotionally or, in some cases, dividing them emotionally. Ms. Sloane accomplishes this in The Doctor. These are also good emotional exchanges outside the bedroom scenes in this novel, including a point that might be termed the story's "black moment," that demonstrated to me, at least, that Cassidy and Greg are truly in love, not just in love, with each other, so much so that it hurts. These scenes actually brought close me to tears.If you like this combination of elements and tropes, and a fast, entertaining read, I highly recommend The Doctor.