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His to Protect
Yesterday I passed out in the supply closet and the head surgeon found me.
In six months, he's never looked at me once, I'm just another nurse.
I've been skipping meals and picking up extra shifts to pay off my mom's medical bills, but I haven't told anyone.
He found me and carried me to one of the beds, but my phone slipped out of my pocket, and the screen lit up with the bills and the past due notices.
I woke up in a hospital gown with him standing over me, his fingers pressed against my wrist as he carefully watched the monitor.
Suddenly, my landlord barged in demanding I sign the eviction papers so he could kick me out of my apartment.
The second my landlord saw him, his attitude completely changed, he started to leave but then turned back, and stammered, "D-Dr. Cross, sir... I didn't know she was... yours."
He didn't even look at my landlord, just kept his attention focused on me, and growled, "Get out."
My landlord scurried away as he turned back to me, his hand still on my wrist,
"Don't worry about your apartment, you're coming home with me.
In six months, he's never looked at me once, I'm just another nurse.
I've been skipping meals and picking up extra shifts to pay off my mom's medical bills, but I haven't told anyone.
He found me and carried me to one of the beds, but my phone slipped out of my pocket, and the screen lit up with the bills and the past due notices.
I woke up in a hospital gown with him standing over me, his fingers pressed against my wrist as he carefully watched the monitor.
Suddenly, my landlord barged in demanding I sign the eviction papers so he could kick me out of my apartment.
The second my landlord saw him, his attitude completely changed, he started to leave but then turned back, and stammered, "D-Dr. Cross, sir... I didn't know she was... yours."
He didn't even look at my landlord, just kept his attention focused on me, and growled, "Get out."
My landlord scurried away as he turned back to me, his hand still on my wrist,
"Don't worry about your apartment, you're coming home with me.
278 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 16, 2026
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January 23, 2026
Normally before I read a book I look at the ratings but this time I barely glanced at it. So I have no one to blame but myself. Honestly this could have been a good story but the writing was AWFUL. Did the teacher assign a specific word count? Because this felt like something from high school when the teacher said you need to write a paper and you need X amount of words so you never use an apostrophe because you need every single word.
When the MC’s FINALLY came together that was awful. They were sure and then they wasn’t sure. Then the investigation. Then his inheritance. It was all just too much with too many extra words thrown in.
I finished the book because like I said I had no one to blame but myself in this.
When the MC’s FINALLY came together that was awful. They were sure and then they wasn’t sure. Then the investigation. Then his inheritance. It was all just too much with too many extra words thrown in.
I finished the book because like I said I had no one to blame but myself in this.
January 28, 2026
It makes me uncomfortable to do this to an indie author who clearly is trying to pour their heart into their work, but this book was not good at all. I truly should have DNF’d it after the first huge timeline inconsistency. But it was only 200 pages so I decided to plow through. It had some good premises, but didn’t land due to terrible editing.
Specific comments:
Timelines are all messed up (e.g when Riven supposedly find Reya in the closet, he’s also having lunch with a colleague and then goes home, as per the previous chapter, and this is only ONE of several examples like this).
The shared space/only one bed trope was so unbelievable.
How did Reya actually find enough money for first and last months rent in 3 weeks, after not being able to pay rent for 3 months due to all expenses?
I was so surprised there was NO spice in this book. Which I don’t need, but it felt like it was building to more.
They said I love you before even dating or kissing? What?!?
The investigation piece seemed unnecessary.
The ending was flat.
Sigh….
Specific comments:
Timelines are all messed up (e.g when Riven supposedly find Reya in the closet, he’s also having lunch with a colleague and then goes home, as per the previous chapter, and this is only ONE of several examples like this).
The shared space/only one bed trope was so unbelievable.
How did Reya actually find enough money for first and last months rent in 3 weeks, after not being able to pay rent for 3 months due to all expenses?
I was so surprised there was NO spice in this book. Which I don’t need, but it felt like it was building to more.
They said I love you before even dating or kissing? What?!?
The investigation piece seemed unnecessary.
The ending was flat.
Sigh….
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 30, 2026
So sweet and technically great!
Ok, so I won’t pretend to know anything about cardiac surgery so I could be wrong about how technically on point this book is, however, I know enough medical jargon to know it’s pretty dang accurate! I love when a book lets the technical jargon fly! Anyways, their relationship was so filled with tension and angst. I loved the outcome. *no spice in this one folks* SPOILERS There were very few errors. Mostly just timeline issues. The fiancé didn’t quite fit and somehow her death 3 yrs ago and his father’s death 9 months prior kept getting mixed together which made it confusing. I finally just stopped paying attention to those timeframes. Honestly, the dead fiancé could have been left out completely. It wasn’t necessary to explain his distance and didn’t really add anything. It wasn’t even talked about except that one single instance and never brought up again. Anyways, still a 5 star read for me.
Ok, so I won’t pretend to know anything about cardiac surgery so I could be wrong about how technically on point this book is, however, I know enough medical jargon to know it’s pretty dang accurate! I love when a book lets the technical jargon fly! Anyways, their relationship was so filled with tension and angst. I loved the outcome. *no spice in this one folks* SPOILERS There were very few errors. Mostly just timeline issues. The fiancé didn’t quite fit and somehow her death 3 yrs ago and his father’s death 9 months prior kept getting mixed together which made it confusing. I finally just stopped paying attention to those timeframes. Honestly, the dead fiancé could have been left out completely. It wasn’t necessary to explain his distance and didn’t really add anything. It wasn’t even talked about except that one single instance and never brought up again. Anyways, still a 5 star read for me.
January 31, 2026
snoresville
I confess I only read to 41% and even that was a struggle. Some authors know how to keep you engaged and others do not. 🧐. This was a do not. Sorry everyone, don’t bother
I confess I only read to 41% and even that was a struggle. Some authors know how to keep you engaged and others do not. 🧐. This was a do not. Sorry everyone, don’t bother
January 20, 2026
I just could not finish this book. I found I was skipping pages and it just could not hold my interest. Got to 57% and still couldn’t finish.
January 21, 2026
This was rather blah and just seemed to drone on and on.
January 29, 2026
Thought this ook would have been more interesting by the blurb. Really didn’t enjoy it.
January 29, 2026
This writing comes across as robotic…. Possibly written by AI. I couldn’t even finish it. I got to 74%.
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