RJ Nolan

L.A. Metro is an amazing read, especially for its genre. If you're like I am and always looking for a kindhearted romance with some adorable sweetness and lots of "does she or does she not?" tension thrown in, then this is the book for you.

If you quickly lose your patience upon realizing some women can be just a bit dim-witted when it comes to picking up their cues, then you might not enjoy Kim and Jess's slow building relationship as it transforms from spirited friendship into gentle, show more unconditional love.

The main characters are endearing and likable. Jess is not nearly the "Ice Queen" you think she's going to be based on the book blurb. Of all the secondary characters, Sam McKenna (Jess's sister who gets her own story in In A Heartbeat) is the most unique. I'm looking forward to the spin-off.

I could have done without the homophobic-spewing straight men stereotypes found here (would it hurt to have a few positive male role models in lesfic?) but other than that, I thought L.A. Metro was a nice way to spend a lazy Saturday afternoon. I'd give it 4 warm and fuzzy stars. :) show less

I absolutely love this sweet read about a police officer (Sam McKenna) and a trauma surgeon (Riley Connolly) who meet under very trying circumstances and slowly forge a friendship that turns into something more.

Unlike Nolan's previous book L.A. Metro, which is good but did not speak to me as much as this book does, In A Heartbeat moved me very much. It is adorable, sincere and extremely vulnerable in emotion.

Of particular note is the way R.J. Nolan deals with such heatbreaking issues as show more coming out to family members and how horribly strong self doubt can be and what it can do to relationships. show less

I have a soft spot for Medical Lesbian fiction. My first TV femslash ship way back when happened to be Kerry and Kim on the TV series ER, and so reading or watching lesbians (or bisexuals) in books or on TV is still so much fun.

This novel had all the awesomeness of any of the books in medicine I've ever read.

It was centered around two women. Logan, a locum tenens physician and Dale, and ER doctor. They get to know each other when Logan is assigned to nights at the LA Metro ER where Dale also show more works nights.

They don't get off to the best of starts relationship wise, but it was interesting to see their friendship grow in a totally organic and real way. Although the slow burn was also a little frustrating (which I assume was very much on purpose)

I really liked the secondary characters too (which makes sense now that I've found out that this book is actually the third in a series of books and short stories). Kim, Jess, and their family were awesome. Gretchen was interesting too. And then there was Casey. Her character, even though it was more secondary, had just as many layers as Logan and Dale, the main characters.

And then there was Drake. Logan's humongous, but lovable, Great Dane. He had just as much of a story as Dale or Logan, and the way that all the characters changed in different ways because of him was awesome!

I got this advanced galley through Netgalley on behalf of Ylva Publishing. show less

I was of two minds about this novel.

It's the story of Kim and Jess. Kim is a new staff psychiatrist at LA Metro. She's come from a hospital in Detroit and left it in not a good way, personally and professionally.

Jess it the Head of the ER at LA Metro and considered quite the Ice Queen. But, she too has a lot in her past that's not sunshine and puppies.

As they say a couple of times in the novel, they're quite the pair.

On the less great side, a lot of the book seemed sort of repetitive. One show more step forward, two back in the relationship between the two women. Over and over. And that made some parts of the book really, really drag.

On the other hand, a lot of the characters really jumped off the page (I won't say I 'liked' all the characters, but, I liked some and disliked others where appropriate). From Penny to Terrell to Peter they were all very interesting and unique.

And, of course, there was Sam. I can't wait to read the next book in the series to have more of her character (I think it's about her). Oh, and, how could I almost forget Thor. As a person who is deathly afraid of all mid-sized and big dogs (and wary of the smaller ones) his character took me a little while to get used to, but, I did love how he was written by the end of the book. show less