The Doctor (Nashville Neighborhood)

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.

The Doctor was a steamy read featuring an age-gap romance with the slightly taboo/forbidden relationship trope of ex-boyfriend's father/son's ex-girlfriend. At the start of the book, the FMC is in an unsatisfying/unfulfilling relationship and admires her boyfriend's father's appearance. Once the relationship comes to an end, however, she almost immediately pivots to exploring the forbidden fruit of her attraction to his dad who's feeling her just as much as she feels him. Their initial physical attraction does carry the first half of the novel (with a pretty lengthy first-time hook-up scene between them), but the emotional connection didn't successfully build enough for me throughout the rest of the story. Beyond that, as their characters continued to develop, I found myself struggling to root for them as individuals and as a couple. This ultimately made me feel as if the promise of romance didn't fully deliver an emotionally satisfying conclusion. Don't get me wrong--the physical connection between the two character is fire and most of the scenes are great. But without the added layer of emotional heart-to-hearts, it was hard to fully understand/envision why these two work well together. At times, I felt the MMC didn't really come across as being as "adult" as he should've been, considering the repeated references to his 40-year-old-ness. In some ways, this could potentially lend itself to explaining why their relationship works, but it was hard for me to buy into. Maybe what made it hard for me to see him as a great, heroic MMC was that he didn't come across as a particularly good father to his son and occasionally, things he said to the FMC felt manipulative--combined with a few other things, it made it even harder for me to root for him. The writing was strong, and the spicy scenes were spicy. I enjoyed the nosy neighbor playing a part in complicating things, but did find the resolution a little... too convenient and also, awkwardly forced. Still, it was a quick and pleasant read with plenty of spice. I just wish it'd delivered more heart or more angst. If I were to try to recommend books along this same theme/trope to another reader, I'd have to say that I enjoyed Katee Robert's "Your Dad Will Do" and Sara Cate's "Praise" above this one.

My first Nikki Sloane book and it won’t be my last . Look forward to reading the rest of the series

I’ve been craving a Doctor kink book for months now. I’ve read a few books with a doctor H, but this one really brought in the Doctor kink, and more than once- chef’s kiss in the kinky doc department 👏🏻. Cassidy is 19, almost 20, and has been in a relationship with her boyfriend for a few years now, but things have gone stale. They rarely see each other and don’t have a meaningful connection like they used to have. For a while now, Cassidy has been seeing her boyfriend’s dad in a different light, in a more carnal light. Dr. Greg Lowe is 40 and a very busy man; as a trauma surgeon, he’s on call a lot and doesn’t have time to be in a relationship or even to see women casually. Either way, he’s been interested in Cassidy for a while, but she’s his son’s girlfriend, so she’s obviously off limits, until she’s not 😈. Cassidy breaks up with Preston, but when she does it, he doesn’t take her seriously. He leaves to go to work in the middle of this conversation, again, not prioritizing their relationship or what she has to say. But guess who’s home when Preston leaves- yup, his father 😉. When Cassidy tells Greg that she and Preston broke up, they can’t help but indulge in the chemistry that’s constantly sizzling around them. The kiss they share is enough to solidify their connection, so when she comes back a week and a half later and gets brushed off by Preston yet again (she went to once again confirm that she was serious and they’re not together), all bets are off- let the sexy time begin 🔥🥵. The secretive rendezvous was delicious🤤… although they hesitate (for obvious reasons) they can’t help gravitating towards their baser, primal instincts of being intimate and having lots of smex😅. True, Cassidy isn’t a v, but Preston was a selfish enough lover that she never knew what true passion was like, until Greg showed her exactly what she’s been missing 🥵🔥😅. It’s primal, raw, passionate, and even emotional when they have sex. He becomes such a delicious alpha and she melts every time. And the kink I was missing in the other Doctor books comes out 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. Not only in his office 🥵 but at home too 😉😅💦🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤. I very much enjoyed all the fantasies they recreated🔥🔥🔥. Although they’re basically 20 years apart, I still found their HEA believable ❤️. Plus, he was always about her, even towards the end when things get tough and decisions have to be made. I looooved it! ⚠️safety squad⚠️ -no cheating/owd -mild omd- well, the h was with the H’s son in the beginning 😬. They kiss, but this is all before the H and h are together -om2 hits on the h, but she shuts him down quickly and the H rescues her from the situation -ow has been sending baked goods to the H in order to get him to notice her- he doesn’t and isn’t remotely interested- and then she catches the H and h in a compromising position (she’s his neighbor and she was being a creeper by trespassing and watching them through a window) but the H puts her in her place 💅he’s all about the h -the H and h’s mom see each other at the store and the h’s mom overhears the H asking for restaurant recs in order to take his gf out- the mom tells the h about this “girlfriend” of his and h thinks the worst, but the H was talking about her the whole time 🙈

For the readers looking for a WAY spicier version of Birthday Girl... You've found it! Everything that disappointed me in that book, this book made up for in spades. The actual set up is a little closer to Praise, with her and the bf breaking up before she hooks up with the dad, but that's the only similarity. Why I'm giving this only 3.5 stars: First, it's single POV, so we only get her perspective, which got repetitive and a bit boring for me. Cassidy's immaturity was very evident, and honestly, super well written even when it annoyed me. It felt genuine and authentic. Still, I craved Greg's POV and how stressful the situation was for him. Second, and I really never thought I'd complain about this, but there's just too much smexy times. This is definitely more on the side of erotica with a side dish of plot. I started skimming then after the third one. And it's not that they're repetitive or anything, they're very well written, but most of it doesn't move the plot forward, and I personally want the spice to be interwoven more with the deepening of the relationship, and this just never felt like that. Third, is an expansion on the above. Whereas Birthday Girl was way too much plot with too little romance and passion, this was all passion and lacked plot. I never felt the connection beyond lust between these two. And I think part of that is the lack of his POV, and the lack of actual dialogue between the MC's that didn't very quickly devolve into more bumping and grinding. I still don't know what he sees in her other than a young, hot woman. They never talk about interests (beyond his thing for 80/90s movies), and he never once asks her about her chosen career path or shows any curiosity about who she is as a person. So if I'm ranking the ExBoyfriends Dad tropes I've read over the last few months, this one is middle of the pack. If you're in the mood for lots of spice with little plot and minimal character depth... This is perfect! And it's on the shorter side, so really an excellent choice between heavier reads. This was my first read by this author, and I'll definitely give her another shot. I enjoyed the book overall.

The plot in this book was barely there, but the spice was great so if that is what you are looking for it then this is the perfect book for you!

I found you book on another site and was so upset when it was removed. I looked everywhere for it and couldn't find it, until I did a search on your name. I'm so happy I was able to find it and purchase it again. I absolutely love "The Doctor". I don’t know if you have or not, but I would love a follow-up on Greg and Cassidy. I would definitely like to see how their story and love grows. I also didn't know you had so many books out and am so excited to continue reading your work. I think you're an amazing writer and love reading your books. Thank you for sharing your creative stories with me and all your other fans. Best wishes to you and your family.

I gave it a try. I really did, but the last sex scene, I skipped over. This entire book just kept repeating itself. Sex and then " am i old enough? Im not old enough. " more sex, then, " what about Preston? Who cares about Preston. Do I care about Preston?" Ugh! I wish it had had more filler to make me like Greg. I really feel like this entire thing was screwed up. Like he was only in it to have sex with someone too young for him. Sorry, but it was too creepy for me. And No 20 year old guy is ever going to be ok with his dad dating his ex girlfriend.

This is a spicy ex boyfriends dad (who’s a doctor) romance and a lovely piece of minimal thinking read necessary at the beginning of the year. Ignoring that if your boyfriend is terrible you probably shouldn’t turn to the man that raised him as a better option it was more spice than plot so less noticeable.

When he mentioned to go all up in her guts this is not what I expected.

This book is not for faint hearts. I love the story, the characters and writing style. It's a very smutty book, but also sweet and leaves nothing to be desired. Love it

literally one of the worst books i’ve ever read

This book has great characters despite being 90% sex. It’s a great read and It’s hot and heavy, like really good sex parts in this book, if that’s what you’re going for. I need me a Dr. Lowe who Indulges in my fantasies as well. For a standalone book that isn’t very long it has a great story line and flow and core of the book is really well done. I bought it on line for cheap and then loved it so much I bought this physical copy to have as well. I would suggest reading this. However it does have LOTS of explicit, detailed sex, swearing and stuff like that. NOT for children.