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City General: Medic 1 #1
Hot Response
When experienced Paramedic and soccer coach, Chrissie, is thrown together with much younger Sam, a twenty-four-year-old talented player and EMT, both at work and on the pitch, sparks fly!
Unable to escape each other what will it really take to get a winning combination in this slow burn, age gap, lesbian medical romance?
Sam thinks her soccer coach is a hard ass but then she finds that she will be her supervisor at work too. Thrown together they have to confront their own shortcomings in this steamy medical romance.
Unable to escape each other what will it really take to get a winning combination in this slow burn, age gap, lesbian medical romance?
Sam thinks her soccer coach is a hard ass but then she finds that she will be her supervisor at work too. Thrown together they have to confront their own shortcomings in this steamy medical romance.
70 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 13, 2020
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January 23, 2022
3.5 stars
I've had some short stories by Ruby Scott sitting in my Kindle for a while and thought it was time to check them out. This short was the first she'd written and while she did a good job with it, it really could have used a bit more story between a traumatic event and the last sexual encounter. This is a super quick read. You can tell, though, that there is real potential with this writer and I decided to read her new 2022 short story, which I will review next.
I've had some short stories by Ruby Scott sitting in my Kindle for a while and thought it was time to check them out. This short was the first she'd written and while she did a good job with it, it really could have used a bit more story between a traumatic event and the last sexual encounter. This is a super quick read. You can tell, though, that there is real potential with this writer and I decided to read her new 2022 short story, which I will review next.
November 21, 2022
Too short for my liking
2.5 ⭐️
2.5 ⭐️
September 9, 2020
Oh wow!!! I had no idea what to expect when I started reading this short story, but I was very much wowed!! So so good!! I love the writing style and the banter between the main characters. Chrissie and Sam’s chemistry was off the charts!! And that intensity while they worked as EMTs and during soccer practice was just HOT!! Wouldn’t mind reading more about them. 100% recommend
May 2, 2023
Available on Kobo Plus, this short story was hot and fun and full of steamy mcsteamersons.
January 26, 2021
Short, and to the point. Felt there was so much more behind the story - it was sort of all laid out but not picked up. But for all that I had empathy with the characters and might - no promises - look at book 2.
August 16, 2020
For a novella, this packed so much chemistry between our two leads. I absolutely loved this and can't wait to see what else this new author releases.
September 2, 2020
All that anger between them made for an amazingly explosive encounter in the locker room. This is just the first book in the series and I was blown away. I will start the next ASAP. Well done and keep up the good work Ruby.
August 20, 2020
Sam (lawyer turned EMT) and Chrissie (EMT/soccer coach) butt heads from inception at work and on the soccer field. The first time they make love leaves both of them shaken and wondering what the hell happened. Tumultuous, hot, sweet but too short, the author's storyline of two women finding love with each other after emotional ups and downs, teased before a HEA. Good job Ms. Scott, I look forward to more of your stories.
October 31, 2020
This was a short quick read with both age gap and enemies to lover tropes. There’s not a lot of character development; both are painted with broad strokes, so to speak. We know Chrissie is a soccer coach and EMT. We know an event that happened in Sam’s past still affects her, and that she works with and plays for Chrissie. There is conflict between them which leads to some explosions. It was enjoyable but I wanted to know more about both.
September 26, 2022
Hot stuff
Lots of hit stuff, fun stuff, is it enemies to lovers? Maybe. Age-gap. Good chemistry. Too bad it is a novella, plot is solid.
Lots of hit stuff, fun stuff, is it enemies to lovers? Maybe. Age-gap. Good chemistry. Too bad it is a novella, plot is solid.
November 2, 2020
Excitingly Hot!
Wow, reading how Sam and Chrissie were going at each other with such anger and shock and dissatisfaction could only mean that there was underlying tension. A burning need for each other that neither realized was there until it was unleashed. Chrissie needed to reached through her past hurt to Sam who wanted more than what this was. Could she?
Wow, reading how Sam and Chrissie were going at each other with such anger and shock and dissatisfaction could only mean that there was underlying tension. A burning need for each other that neither realized was there until it was unleashed. Chrissie needed to reached through her past hurt to Sam who wanted more than what this was. Could she?
February 9, 2026
Hot Response (City General: Medic 1) by Ruby Scott is a steamy sapphic romance that follows Sam O'Shea, a talented young EMT who's just starting out and already proving herself on the job. She's also a skilled soccer player, but her coach—experienced paramedic Chrissie Woods—seems impossible to impress, both on the field and off.
The two women are thrown together more often than they'd like, first clashing as player and coach, then as colleagues when Chrissie becomes Sam's supervisor. Tension builds through heated arguments and close calls during emergency shifts, until one explosive moment in the locker room changes everything.
What starts as rivalry turns into undeniable attraction in this age-gap, enemies-to-lovers story, as they navigate high-stakes calls, championship dreams, and the pull between them. It's a quick, passionate read about finding connection amid the adrenaline of medical emergencies and the sweat of the pitch.
If you didn't notice it before, I'm on a bit of a Ruby Scott binge. This is her very first short(ish) story and I think it shows. Not bad, but not as polished as her later work. She clearly had some growing to do.
3.4 Stars
The two women are thrown together more often than they'd like, first clashing as player and coach, then as colleagues when Chrissie becomes Sam's supervisor. Tension builds through heated arguments and close calls during emergency shifts, until one explosive moment in the locker room changes everything.
What starts as rivalry turns into undeniable attraction in this age-gap, enemies-to-lovers story, as they navigate high-stakes calls, championship dreams, and the pull between them. It's a quick, passionate read about finding connection amid the adrenaline of medical emergencies and the sweat of the pitch.
If you didn't notice it before, I'm on a bit of a Ruby Scott binge. This is her very first short(ish) story and I think it shows. Not bad, but not as polished as her later work. She clearly had some growing to do.
3.4 Stars
April 7, 2021
I picked this book up off of Kindle Unlimited late Tuesday night because I wanted a novella to try and get back into reading. I have mixed feelings when it comes to novellas, however I actually really enjoyed this one. It was an age-gap romance between an EMT, and football coach, Chrissie, and a talented football player and EMT, Sam. There was a lot of tension and chemistry between the two characters. I also loved the side characters too; they added the banter. I really wish that it had been a longer book tbh, they could have definitely dived into their back stories a lot more. I will certainly be diving into the following books in the series. The writing style was also really nice and flowed. I would recommend checking it out if you like a steamy romance.
September 25, 2020
Hot coach and boss.
I like how Sam and Chris got along although their at each other on the job and at soccer practice always arguing the last time it happen at soccer practice Chris told Sam too get it together or she off the team so Sam walk off then Chris went too her and tell her she got potential at being great at her job and on the soccer field Sam remember Tessa remark and tried not too get angry but Chris went and tell her how she charge in first at the call they had and didn't look around the place for what the person had taken before he almost overdose and he had a bottle of pill that says it for heart attack and than they ended up kissing each other.
I like how Sam and Chris got along although their at each other on the job and at soccer practice always arguing the last time it happen at soccer practice Chris told Sam too get it together or she off the team so Sam walk off then Chris went too her and tell her she got potential at being great at her job and on the soccer field Sam remember Tessa remark and tried not too get angry but Chris went and tell her how she charge in first at the call they had and didn't look around the place for what the person had taken before he almost overdose and he had a bottle of pill that says it for heart attack and than they ended up kissing each other.
December 27, 2020
Good story but I missed more history of the main characters. Sam has a trauma, how has it effected her life besides nightmare. The author suggests that she has made important life-changing choices in her life due to what she has experienced. I want to know more. The author cheats on us to get to know Sam on several levels. What about Chrisssie, what's her story beyond a painful breakup? Why is she triggered so enormously by Sam, what's the story? I do not believe that the two ladies are not triggered by each other after the "meeting point" (spoiler alert). It's getting too easy. Ruby Scott you need to give more to your readers.
September 18, 2020
Hot Response,: A Lesbian Medical with (City General : Medic1 Series)
For a first book this wasn't a bad story. This flowed from the start to the end. Two EMT one a senior the other a rookie. They also play soccer . Christie is her partner whose training Sam. Christie is the coach but Sam and her don't get on. Sam has a secret . Christie has one . They don get on.
Recommend --- Yes despite it being a short story. Would have liked to have give it four and half stars but they don't for halves.
For a first book this wasn't a bad story. This flowed from the start to the end. Two EMT one a senior the other a rookie. They also play soccer . Christie is her partner whose training Sam. Christie is the coach but Sam and her don't get on. Sam has a secret . Christie has one . They don get on.
Recommend --- Yes despite it being a short story. Would have liked to have give it four and half stars but they don't for halves.
October 29, 2023
Awesome way to kick off a series
Chrissie and Sam are so into each other but they can’t see what’s right in front of them and only seem to push each others buttons, until a situation at work forces Chrissie to stick her neck out and take a chance. When they finally give into it, their chemistry is off the charts. Wow, Ruby Scott knows how to write hot, sexy scenes that leave you hot under the collar (and lots of other places) and wanting more. I can’t wait for book 2, bring it on.
Chrissie and Sam are so into each other but they can’t see what’s right in front of them and only seem to push each others buttons, until a situation at work forces Chrissie to stick her neck out and take a chance. When they finally give into it, their chemistry is off the charts. Wow, Ruby Scott knows how to write hot, sexy scenes that leave you hot under the collar (and lots of other places) and wanting more. I can’t wait for book 2, bring it on.
August 25, 2020
Wonderful New Author
This is a fantastic start for this new author. Age gap romance, enemies, Chrissie and Sam, become much more than coach and player. And as co-workers they always seem to be at each other 's neck. Where will it end? Please read! I'm looking forward to more from this author.
This is a fantastic start for this new author. Age gap romance, enemies, Chrissie and Sam, become much more than coach and player. And as co-workers they always seem to be at each other 's neck. Where will it end? Please read! I'm looking forward to more from this author.
July 19, 2021
Awesome read
What happens when your head overrides your heart by force to make the world look like you think it should? You act like an idiot and stomp around mad all the time. This is a beautiful story about what we don’t want to admit to ourselves and how the heart gets what it wants anyway. Ruby Scott does this brilliantly
What happens when your head overrides your heart by force to make the world look like you think it should? You act like an idiot and stomp around mad all the time. This is a beautiful story about what we don’t want to admit to ourselves and how the heart gets what it wants anyway. Ruby Scott does this brilliantly
November 12, 2022
Wow. These two MC's are an inferno of passion once the ice thaws. I enjoyed the EMS and team sport overlap; a stress-inducing job had soccer to level the playing field and I'm not sure I'll forget that bench scene for quite some time. Lots of lady loving, lots of steam your windows moments and a sweet HEA- it was the perfect little WLW gift that just kept on giving.
February 2, 2023
Short and fun reading; even though I wanted to choke Chrissie when she and Sam had their first big fight, she was upset and took it out on Sam, which was mean! But then they started to make out and I was like: "Okayyyyy... Where did that come from?” I guess I will never understand how hate-sex works.
August 29, 2020
Good Book
I enjoyed this story. The relationship between Sam and Chrissie is volatile... at least at first. But that old saying about a fine line between love and hate can sometimes be oh, so true!
I enjoyed this story. The relationship between Sam and Chrissie is volatile... at least at first. But that old saying about a fine line between love and hate can sometimes be oh, so true!
September 17, 2020
A brilliant and very well written short story. For being so short, I'm impressed how well developed the characters were. A nicely done f/f enemies-to-lovers with hot sex scenes. This was my first book by this author and I look forward to another.
June 4, 2021
I enjoyed it
I didn't know I'd like a "hate fuck" but turns out I do. Enemies to dating, I wouldn't say lovers because it was more of a HFN than a HEA. It was short, simple and to the point.
I didn't know I'd like a "hate fuck" but turns out I do. Enemies to dating, I wouldn't say lovers because it was more of a HFN than a HEA. It was short, simple and to the point.
July 21, 2021
Coach and Player, Mentor and EMT
Chrissy was not only Sam’s soccer coach but also her EMT mentor/supervisor. The clashed on the field and in the field. Bu there was also an explosive attraction between them. An age-gap romance.
Chrissy was not only Sam’s soccer coach but also her EMT mentor/supervisor. The clashed on the field and in the field. Bu there was also an explosive attraction between them. An age-gap romance.
November 26, 2021
Explosive
Good story. The tension built between these two main characters was expertly done, the words jumped off the page. Sadly the final sex scene was spoilt by a few typos, especially the change of gender to he and the miss use or character change from Christie to Sam.
Good story. The tension built between these two main characters was expertly done, the words jumped off the page. Sadly the final sex scene was spoilt by a few typos, especially the change of gender to he and the miss use or character change from Christie to Sam.
March 24, 2025
It was done well for as short as it is.
Storyline issue that bothered me - is Sam a genius/prodigy. She quit law (not law school)to become an EMT after her accident. If the story takes place 5 years after her accident, she would have practicing lawyer at 19.
Storyline issue that bothered me - is Sam a genius/prodigy. She quit law (not law school)to become an EMT after her accident. If the story takes place 5 years after her accident, she would have practicing lawyer at 19.
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August 15, 2020
Read this in a day. Story is sweet and very sexy. Writing is good, narrative flows really well, pretty good character development for a short story as well.
Excited for Book 2
Excited for Book 2
September 12, 2020
Cute
I love this cute and sweet love story. The main characters were very different and annoyed each other. They were attracted to each other and there is a happy ending.
I love this cute and sweet love story. The main characters were very different and annoyed each other. They were attracted to each other and there is a happy ending.
September 28, 2020
Enjoyed!
I love the banter and explosive chemistry between Chrissie and Sam! Which lead to some hot and steamy scenes! 🔥
I love the banter and explosive chemistry between Chrissie and Sam! Which lead to some hot and steamy scenes! 🔥
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