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Patients is a Virtue (Large Print)
A forbidden, slow-burn steamy romance between a doctor and his patient
“Oh my goodness, what a great story! Definitely one of my favourites from Fenella!"
5* Amazon Review
Every day of her life, Olivia Jones conceals a secret that nobody else knows.
It wasn’t planned. It’s certainly not her choice. But thanks to a tedious mental block she hasn’t been able to get past, at thirty years old, she’s still a virgin. Fortunately, as a successful sex therapist, issues of this kind are Doctor Ben Wilson’s forte.
Working closely with the painfully shy Olivia, the handsome Doctor gradually helps conquer the fears which have been holding her back for so long. In so doing, they uncover a playful, sensual, increasingly sexually self-confident woman, as well as their own developing, mutual attraction. An attraction they are forced to fight, for reasons of moral propriety and General Medical Council rules. But in the end, is all resistance futile?
Can the head be forced to overrule the heart, or will white-hot lust always ultimately triumph?
This is a LARGE PRINT version. Standard print and ebooks are also available.
Fenella is a British author of very steamy romance. All of her stories are available from Amazon and Kindle Unlimited. Her most popular books are ‘One Hot Wynter’s Night’, ‘To Love, Honour and...Oh Pay’ and the Daniel Lawson Series. Having said that, this is one of her best-sellers too!
www.fenellaashworth.com
“Oh my goodness, what a great story! Definitely one of my favourites from Fenella!"
5* Amazon Review
Every day of her life, Olivia Jones conceals a secret that nobody else knows.
It wasn’t planned. It’s certainly not her choice. But thanks to a tedious mental block she hasn’t been able to get past, at thirty years old, she’s still a virgin. Fortunately, as a successful sex therapist, issues of this kind are Doctor Ben Wilson’s forte.
Working closely with the painfully shy Olivia, the handsome Doctor gradually helps conquer the fears which have been holding her back for so long. In so doing, they uncover a playful, sensual, increasingly sexually self-confident woman, as well as their own developing, mutual attraction. An attraction they are forced to fight, for reasons of moral propriety and General Medical Council rules. But in the end, is all resistance futile?
Can the head be forced to overrule the heart, or will white-hot lust always ultimately triumph?
This is a LARGE PRINT version. Standard print and ebooks are also available.
Fenella is a British author of very steamy romance. All of her stories are available from Amazon and Kindle Unlimited. Her most popular books are ‘One Hot Wynter’s Night’, ‘To Love, Honour and...Oh Pay’ and the Daniel Lawson Series. Having said that, this is one of her best-sellers too!
www.fenellaashworth.com
- GenresRomance
354 pages, Paperback
Published January 14, 2023
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May 5, 2020
OK, leave aside the silly pun in the title. This is a nicely written book. It bills itself as erotica, but really it's such a well-written slow burn (no sex until 2/3 of the book!) that it feels more like a romance.
Olivia is a 30-year-old virgin. She realizes that she doesn't want to spend the rest of her life single, and realizes that her fear of having sex is the cause of it. She decides to seek out a sex therapist to help her solve her issues. She was expecting a woman but shocker, her therapist is a man!
Now I know what you're thinking-- power imbalance, unethical, etc. That is ALL true. But in novels, as in, life, it's all about execution. And this is well executed. Ben and Olivia have real chemistry, but it reveals itself slowly as he helps her work through her mental barriers and fears about sex, love and intimacy.
It's so rare to see contemporary romance where the characters just seem normal. Ben is smart, kind, but NOT a pushover. Likewise, Olivia is capable, kind, with a hint of vulnerability that makes her interesting.
Having read a couple of Ashworth's books it looks like she has a couple of stock characters: she favors sexually inexperienced women with sexually capable men who aren't promiscuous. So in other words... reminds me a bit of a contemporary Lisa Kleypas. Also to her credit, most of her characters are over 30.
One last note, this book is written in British English-- I enjoyed the dialogue more for it.
Four stars for this lovely book. If you have Kindle Unlimited, reading this is a no-brainer. I forked over the five bucks, and I'm glad I did.
Olivia is a 30-year-old virgin. She realizes that she doesn't want to spend the rest of her life single, and realizes that her fear of having sex is the cause of it. She decides to seek out a sex therapist to help her solve her issues. She was expecting a woman but shocker, her therapist is a man!
Now I know what you're thinking-- power imbalance, unethical, etc. That is ALL true. But in novels, as in, life, it's all about execution. And this is well executed. Ben and Olivia have real chemistry, but it reveals itself slowly as he helps her work through her mental barriers and fears about sex, love and intimacy.
It's so rare to see contemporary romance where the characters just seem normal. Ben is smart, kind, but NOT a pushover. Likewise, Olivia is capable, kind, with a hint of vulnerability that makes her interesting.
Having read a couple of Ashworth's books it looks like she has a couple of stock characters: she favors sexually inexperienced women with sexually capable men who aren't promiscuous. So in other words... reminds me a bit of a contemporary Lisa Kleypas. Also to her credit, most of her characters are over 30.
One last note, this book is written in British English-- I enjoyed the dialogue more for it.
Four stars for this lovely book. If you have Kindle Unlimited, reading this is a no-brainer. I forked over the five bucks, and I'm glad I did.
June 6, 2026
Well- its started out nice actually. Instant attraction on both end.
Then it's started to drag in the middle and before the end the story made no sense. Arguing about nothing basically.
The FMC started to annoy me from the middle, acting like she's 18 not 30 fucking years old.
Spice is kinda mild too imo.
{ FMC 30 y old ✨️ V ✨️ with trauma
MMC is the sex therapist}
Then it's started to drag in the middle and before the end the story made no sense. Arguing about nothing basically.
The FMC started to annoy me from the middle, acting like she's 18 not 30 fucking years old.
Spice is kinda mild too imo.
{ FMC 30 y old ✨️ V ✨️ with trauma
MMC is the sex therapist}
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