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Under His Command
I'm writing a steamy romance book about the doctor I work for, and he just found it.
I wrote on my lunch breaks, and no one was ever supposed to read it. Especially not him.
Yesterday, it slipped out of my bag, and I tore apart every room in the building, but couldn’t find it anywhere.
This morning, I walked into the break room and found the doctor reading the book.
He looked up slowly, closed it, and tucked it under his arm. "Come with me to my office."
Every nurse on the floor watched me follow him down the hallway into his office.
He sat behind his desk, opened my notebook, and slid it across to me with one finger holding the page.
"I want you to read this part out loud."
I wrote on my lunch breaks, and no one was ever supposed to read it. Especially not him.
Yesterday, it slipped out of my bag, and I tore apart every room in the building, but couldn’t find it anywhere.
This morning, I walked into the break room and found the doctor reading the book.
He looked up slowly, closed it, and tucked it under his arm. "Come with me to my office."
Every nurse on the floor watched me follow him down the hallway into his office.
He sat behind his desk, opened my notebook, and slid it across to me with one finger holding the page.
"I want you to read this part out loud."
241 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 7, 2026
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September 15, 2026
I swear this book tackled me like a rogue emotion in the middle of my morning coffee. One second I’m fine, the next I’m knee‑deep in Under His Command, wondering why this man’s presence feels like someone turned the gravity up and dimmed the lights for dramatic effect. Stacy Sterling really said: intensity first, oxygen later, and babe, I was not prepared.
This hero walks in with that controlled, quietly dangerous energy that makes you sit up straighter like, “Oh, okay, sir, go ahead and rearrange my internal organs.” It’s giving commanding but secretly soft, the kind of man who says three calm words and suddenly you’re rethinking your entire personality. He’s protective in that “I will handle this” way that has you clutching the book like it’s a flotation device.
And the heroine?
Peak feral chaos.
She’s trying to hold her life together with stubbornness, caffeine, and the emotional equivalent of duct tape. Every time she tries to be independent, the universe throws a brick at her head. She’s strong, traumatised, and absolutely not ready for the feelings she’s having — which is hilarious because he’s looking at her like she hung the moon and also needs to be bubble‑wrapped immediately.
Their dynamic is messy, charged, and one breath away from either a meltdown or a breakthrough. It’s giving “I don’t trust you, but also please don’t leave” energy. The tension is thick enough to spread on toast. Every scene feels like it’s vibrating with unsaid things, and I spent half the book pacing like a gremlin whispering, “Sweetheart, he’s literally right there, just TALK.”
Sterling leans HARD into that protective‑dominant vibe — the kind where he steps in, steps up, and steps closer, and suddenly you’re clutching your chest like you’ve been personally victimised. It’s intense without being toxic, emotional without being melodramatic, and the undercurrent hits with that Peterman‑style slap where you’re laughing one minute and muttering “oh babe…” the next.
Does the pacing wobble?
Yes, but in the funny way — like a scene wandered off looking for snacks and came back with crumbs.
But the emotional payoff?
Oh, sweetheart, it lands.
It lands like a defibrillator to the feelings.
I had to put the book down twice just to recalibrate my soul.
It’s giving:
protective energy, emotional reinvention, feral vulnerability, chaotic connection, and two people absolutely not prepared for the intensity they’re building.
A very solid 4 stars, because it’s gripping, dramatic, tender, chaotic, and absolutely worth the emotional carnage — even if you occasionally pause to mutter, “Sweetheart, please stop suffering, he’s literally right there.”
This hero walks in with that controlled, quietly dangerous energy that makes you sit up straighter like, “Oh, okay, sir, go ahead and rearrange my internal organs.” It’s giving commanding but secretly soft, the kind of man who says three calm words and suddenly you’re rethinking your entire personality. He’s protective in that “I will handle this” way that has you clutching the book like it’s a flotation device.
And the heroine?
Peak feral chaos.
She’s trying to hold her life together with stubbornness, caffeine, and the emotional equivalent of duct tape. Every time she tries to be independent, the universe throws a brick at her head. She’s strong, traumatised, and absolutely not ready for the feelings she’s having — which is hilarious because he’s looking at her like she hung the moon and also needs to be bubble‑wrapped immediately.
Their dynamic is messy, charged, and one breath away from either a meltdown or a breakthrough. It’s giving “I don’t trust you, but also please don’t leave” energy. The tension is thick enough to spread on toast. Every scene feels like it’s vibrating with unsaid things, and I spent half the book pacing like a gremlin whispering, “Sweetheart, he’s literally right there, just TALK.”
Sterling leans HARD into that protective‑dominant vibe — the kind where he steps in, steps up, and steps closer, and suddenly you’re clutching your chest like you’ve been personally victimised. It’s intense without being toxic, emotional without being melodramatic, and the undercurrent hits with that Peterman‑style slap where you’re laughing one minute and muttering “oh babe…” the next.
Does the pacing wobble?
Yes, but in the funny way — like a scene wandered off looking for snacks and came back with crumbs.
But the emotional payoff?
Oh, sweetheart, it lands.
It lands like a defibrillator to the feelings.
I had to put the book down twice just to recalibrate my soul.
It’s giving:
protective energy, emotional reinvention, feral vulnerability, chaotic connection, and two people absolutely not prepared for the intensity they’re building.
A very solid 4 stars, because it’s gripping, dramatic, tender, chaotic, and absolutely worth the emotional carnage — even if you occasionally pause to mutter, “Sweetheart, please stop suffering, he’s literally right there.”
September 12, 2026
Authentic Emotion
This story got my attention from the beginning. Speaking from someone who has lost the two most important women in my life back to back. The whole that is left inside of you from their loss. The FMC became a nurse in one of the hardest jobs as a nurse, hospice. I'm at caregiver that has to work with elderly for over a decade, I've personally have seen and filled the devastation of watching your loved one fade away with dementia or Alzheimer's. Her son who had years of resentment built up, transfers to her facility and he hopes of her having a lucid enough moment to remember who he was. I can understand the importance of at the end of their life having them look at you and know who you are one last time. This story was well written, and demonstrated how hospice is not just a building of dying people. I would recommend this, especially those who have lost loved ones with this disease.
This story got my attention from the beginning. Speaking from someone who has lost the two most important women in my life back to back. The whole that is left inside of you from their loss. The FMC became a nurse in one of the hardest jobs as a nurse, hospice. I'm at caregiver that has to work with elderly for over a decade, I've personally have seen and filled the devastation of watching your loved one fade away with dementia or Alzheimer's. Her son who had years of resentment built up, transfers to her facility and he hopes of her having a lucid enough moment to remember who he was. I can understand the importance of at the end of their life having them look at you and know who you are one last time. This story was well written, and demonstrated how hospice is not just a building of dying people. I would recommend this, especially those who have lost loved ones with this disease.
September 11, 2026
Misleading title
An ok book the but title is misleading. I got this book because of the innuendo that was implied by the title. Instead I got a story about a nurse trying to be a writer who meant her favourite author in a hospice and a doctor who wants his dying mother to remember him. While the story was nice and had a happy ending I was disappointed by the misleading title. I won’t be reading book two.
An ok book the but title is misleading. I got this book because of the innuendo that was implied by the title. Instead I got a story about a nurse trying to be a writer who meant her favourite author in a hospice and a doctor who wants his dying mother to remember him. While the story was nice and had a happy ending I was disappointed by the misleading title. I won’t be reading book two.
September 2, 2026
Finding each other.
This book has all the feels. Grief, longing, hope, friendship, anger, betrayal, fear, redemption, forgiveness and love. Tall dark and handsome Dr. Cassian Willis meets beautiful hospice nurse by day and fiction writer by night. Loved the couple and all the residents and staff of the hospice center. Definitely worth reading.
This book has all the feels. Grief, longing, hope, friendship, anger, betrayal, fear, redemption, forgiveness and love. Tall dark and handsome Dr. Cassian Willis meets beautiful hospice nurse by day and fiction writer by night. Loved the couple and all the residents and staff of the hospice center. Definitely worth reading.
September 17, 2026
4.5 ⭐️ It’s been awhile since I read a story with a good story where neither the story or the couple over powered the other. Truly enjoyable. The cheesy cover and title are the opposite of what the story told actually comes off as.
September 19, 2026
odd
So this book has a really good storyline. However it is so weakly written that I almost didn’t finish. However about 85% through all of a sudden it turned into a good book. Needs help.
So this book has a really good storyline. However it is so weakly written that I almost didn’t finish. However about 85% through all of a sudden it turned into a good book. Needs help.
July 14, 2026
Slow Burn Romance
Loved Esme & Cassian’s storyline. Loved all the other characters as well. The storyline of the book was great. 😀
Loved Esme & Cassian’s storyline. Loved all the other characters as well. The storyline of the book was great. 😀
July 16, 2026
wonderful book
As a retired Nurse I really enjoyed how you wrote about being present and caring about people when they most need it. this story really touched my heart
As a retired Nurse I really enjoyed how you wrote about being present and caring about people when they most need it. this story really touched my heart
September 2, 2026
Enjoyed it.
Thanks
Thanks
September 13, 2026
I read it in a day!
I absolutely couldn’t put it down. I laughed, I cried, and I enjoyed it so much. It had a few plot twists that were great.
I absolutely couldn’t put it down. I laughed, I cried, and I enjoyed it so much. It had a few plot twists that were great.
September 16, 2026
3.25* stars
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