When a real doctor and a fake one meet…

Synopsis

Diagnosis: career chaos…

Doctor Chloe Henry is a no-nonsense surgeon gunning for a promotion. All that stands in her way is her smug colleague, Doctor Johnathan Carson, who’s beloved by the board for his charm and for simply being a man. When a one-week medical conference promises her a chance to shine, Chloe packs her power suits and determination, ready to crush it—or at least avoid strangling Carson.

Take once a day…

Enter Logan Broderick, aka Doctor Dante Love, TV’s hottest (and most medically inaccurate) neurosurgeon-slash-plastic-surgeon. After yet another scandal involving booze, starlets, and bad decisions, Logan’s sent to the same hotel to lay low. But things go awry when Logan and Chloe literally crash into each other—half-naked—in her bathroom. Cue viral chaos.

Prescription: Romance!

To save face, Logan proposes they fake-date. She’s the real doctor to his fake one; he’s the PR boost she didn’t want. But as bickering turns to banter and sparks fly, Chloe wonders: can Dante Love save her?

My review

Chloe Henry loves her job as a surgeon at Manchester General, even if her whole well – known family looks down at her working for the NHS, while she could make money by working privately. But money is not what drives her, as she just wants to make people better, no matter how deep their pockets are. And she wants to make a difference, and that is why she is having her fingers crossed that she will get the promotion, and not het sleezy colleague Jonathan Carson. With a conference coming up, it is her opportunity to shine and show her vision. However, what Chloe doesn’t expect is to find Logan Broderick entering her hotel room. The world knows him as the actor who plays Doctor Dante Love on the famous TV show, but not only. More often than not, he fills the media with scandals made of booze and bad choices. Bad choices that may jeopardize his future. So now he needs to lay low and show everyone that he is not what everyone thinks he is. So when he crashes into Chloe who is half – naked, and there are pictures of it going viral, it is time for damage control. Damage control in the form of Chloe and Logan being a couple. But where does the fake end, and are those sparks flying between Chloe and Logan real? And for how long can they keep pretending before the truth comes out?

The world of movie stars, or actors in general, is always something that sparks the imagination, doesn’t it? A world and life filled with glitter and glamour, being loved by people all over the world. But we also all know that is all a façade, that fabulous world, and that we have to remind ourselves that the famous people, are just like us, people of flesh and blood. And that they have their struggles of their own, and that they, just like us can make mistakes.

And Logan for sure shows that. It is easy to see him as someone who enjoys a drink or even a few too much, a man who enjoys the female company. It may seem that he is a real player, enjoying the perks of being famous a little bit too much.

Yet while as a reader we already may suspect it, slowly we get to know the real Logan. And we read how his actions are not made out of vanity, but rather out of loneliness and the need to fill his life with something, just anything that won’t let him feel the way he does.

I understood where Logan is coming from, and why at the start of the book he acts in the way he does. But it just all saddened me so much. Logan is not a bad person, not at all, and he deserves to find happiness (again) in his life. But instead he is making mistakes that are jeopardizing his whole career.

So when he goes viral once again, dragging this time innocent Chloe Henry with him, the time has come to make amends and to turn over a new leaf.

Obviously, the last thing Chloe needs is a man in her life. Her only focus is on her job, and trying to get the promotion.

I truly liked Chloe from the very start of the book. Of course she has an admirable job. But while she could make more money and work in the private sector, like her family does, she wants to be there for the people, to make them better. It is clear that she has her heart at the right place and wants to do what is best for everyone, and not for just those who have the most money.

While I admired her dedication to the job, and her determination to get that promotion to make a greater impact, it angered me to read how dismissive her own parents were of her, how they keep on belittling her, together with Chloe’s own sister…

When Chloe and Logan meet, in an awkward way, they both have a purpose. Where Chloe wants to show her worth and get that promotion, Logan wants to lay low and focus on getting the part of an important upcoming movie. So while the last thing they want, is to be around each other, with them going viral, they have almost no other choice than pretending to be dating.

Of course, that is where the real fun for us starts! 😊

It was funny to read how Chloe and Logan are faking their devotion towards each other, to make their relationship believable. But it was also heartwarming reading how Logan turns out to be Chloe’s biggest supporting during the teambuilding.

And slowly, Chloe starts to see the man that Logan truly is, and not the actor. She sees his vulnerabilities but also his strengths.

With getting to know each other better, sparks of course have to start to fly around. And while I wanted for them to give in to those sparks, I could also understand their reluctance, if we can call it like that.

Not only is it because of their so different lives and dreams that need to be achieved, but it is also about self – doubt and not seeing the reality right in front of them.

So while this was an amazing, heart – warming and sweet story to read about fake – dating and people who are so different, it is also a story about believing in yourself, standing up for yourself. And how that self – believe can grow by having the biggest supporter by your side. And without wanting to spoil anything, it is also about making the right choice of each other…