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Bad Boys of the Bayou #2
Bad Medicine
Her mama always said the women in their family were hotblooded…
And it’s been causing Brooke Donovan trouble her whole life. But it wasn’t until her mother took on the most powerful man in Bad, Louisiana, that Brooke truly realized the daughter of the town rebel didn’t stand a chance. When she left, it was supposed to be for good. But now, thanks to her late husband’s deal with their hometown, she’s back in the last place on earth she wants to be. Temporarily. As soon as her debts are paid off, she’s outta here. Until in walks the one man who can make her rethink everything.
Dr. Nick Silver fixes things. So, when he learns his uncle is responsible for Brooke losing her husband, his sense of honor drives him across two states to make amends. Instead of a broken woman, though, he finds a gorgeous, feisty physician’s assistant trying to survive in a town that wants her gone. She also has a mile-high fence built out of pride—and a clinic that’s at risk of going belly up. She may not want his money, but the clinic? He can fix that. He just never expects that in setting Brooke back on her feet, he’ll be swept right off his own.
And it’s been causing Brooke Donovan trouble her whole life. But it wasn’t until her mother took on the most powerful man in Bad, Louisiana, that Brooke truly realized the daughter of the town rebel didn’t stand a chance. When she left, it was supposed to be for good. But now, thanks to her late husband’s deal with their hometown, she’s back in the last place on earth she wants to be. Temporarily. As soon as her debts are paid off, she’s outta here. Until in walks the one man who can make her rethink everything.
Dr. Nick Silver fixes things. So, when he learns his uncle is responsible for Brooke losing her husband, his sense of honor drives him across two states to make amends. Instead of a broken woman, though, he finds a gorgeous, feisty physician’s assistant trying to survive in a town that wants her gone. She also has a mile-high fence built out of pride—and a clinic that’s at risk of going belly up. She may not want his money, but the clinic? He can fix that. He just never expects that in setting Brooke back on her feet, he’ll be swept right off his own.
244 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 4, 2022
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Erin Nicholas
151 books3,825 followersErin Nicholas is the New York Times bestselling author of over sixty sexy contemporary romances. Her stories have been described as toe-curling, enchanting, steamy and fun.
She lives in the Midwest with her husband who only wants to read the sex scenes in her books, her kids who will never read the sex scenes in her books, and family and friends who say they’re shocked by the sex scenes in her books (yeah, right!).
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She lives in the Midwest with her husband who only wants to read the sex scenes in her books, her kids who will never read the sex scenes in her books, and family and friends who say they’re shocked by the sex scenes in her books (yeah, right!).
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September 14, 2022
I liked Brooke from the start, but it drove me nuts how closed up she was. Later when her full story came out, it made more sense. I hated how quite few people in Bad treated her due to who her mother was and the choices her mother made, along with not seeing how good of friend Brooke was to her husband.
I was iffy on Nick for quite a bit of the book. I didn't like how he kept pushing Brooke, hated it more after he learned why she had the walls she did and why he was so made she wouldn't stand up for him, when he is the one that should have been standing up for her.
With all that being said, I'm glad to see these two end up happy in the end.
I was iffy on Nick for quite a bit of the book. I didn't like how he kept pushing Brooke, hated it more after he learned why she had the walls she did and why he was so made she wouldn't stand up for him, when he is the one that should have been standing up for her.
With all that being said, I'm glad to see these two end up happy in the end.
March 22, 2023
Nick could never have prepared himself for Bad...
...and Brooke is every hope, dream and dirty fantasy he could ever have had, rolled into one gorgeous, curvy, sassy, slightly dinted, with an icy shell but the biggest, softest heart once you crack that shell...she is everything he didn't know he was looking for. But now he has found her he never plans on letting go, even if he has to face the town of Bad to claim her, he wants everything, her body, her sass, her fire but mostly her heart.
Brooke has been protecting her heart for a long time and she has no plans to give it up without a fight ...let the fireworks commence!
Another hilarious, explosive and emotional visit to Bad which I read on Kindle Unlimited
...and Brooke is every hope, dream and dirty fantasy he could ever have had, rolled into one gorgeous, curvy, sassy, slightly dinted, with an icy shell but the biggest, softest heart once you crack that shell...she is everything he didn't know he was looking for. But now he has found her he never plans on letting go, even if he has to face the town of Bad to claim her, he wants everything, her body, her sass, her fire but mostly her heart.
Brooke has been protecting her heart for a long time and she has no plans to give it up without a fight ...let the fireworks commence!
Another hilarious, explosive and emotional visit to Bad which I read on Kindle Unlimited
September 26, 2022
At the beginning of each book in Nicholas’s Bad series she makes the statement that not only can each book in this series be read as a standalone which is fairly common, but that it also doesn’t matter in which order you read them. Which after reading “The Best Bad Boy” the first book in this series, and now Bad Medicine I can attest to that fact. Both books reference the death of Jonathan Williams (Brooke’s late husband and Pricilla William’s cousin) as being around seven months earlier so the stories exist in the same time frame. In “The Best Bad Boy” Pricilla Williams that story’s female protagonist’s grandfather Pastor Aaron Williams ends up seeming like a pretty decent guy. In “Bad Medicine” he’s a total asshole whom our heroine Brooke Donovan could have sued for slander for the way he publicly disparaged both her medical competency and personal morality. Because Brooke’s mother Dixie a prostitute, fell in love with Pricilla’s father Rex one of her clients, moved to Bad and then seduced and married his business partner and encouraged him to start a competing company when he publicly shamed her. Rev. Williams hates Dixie for the embarrassment she’s brought to his family. His hatred extends to Brooke who is blameless in her mother’s actions. He resents the fact that Brooke married his grandson Jonathan, assuming she is a gold digger who seduced him. In the Best Bad Boy his character goes in the complete opposite direction not holding that story’s male protagonist Jase Hawkins’s grandfather’s actions against Jase when Pricilla falls in love with him. Also, even though both stories apparently take place at the same time, in “The Best Bad Boy” Pricilla tells us she and Brooke who went to school, may never be BFF’s but they’ve reached a place where they get along. In “Bad Medicine” Brooke makes it clear there are very few Bad residents she trusts. Other than being briefly mentioned as Jonathan’s cousin and former high school classmate Pricilla has no role in “Bad Medicine.” In fact the only character besides Pastor Williams from the first book that has any real presence in this story is Daisy the single mother of four young boys who is Brooke’s nurse and BFF. We’re never told what happened to Daisy’s husband and Daisy never gets her own book but there are hints at the end of this story that her own Prince Charming will give her a happily ever after.
Brooke has unsuccessfully spent her entire life trying not to live her life in a way that would make people think she is just like her mother. When she decides all her efforts to that effect have she believes proven futile she enters into a marriage of convenience with her friend Jonathan Williams. Convenience because he is gay and wants the cover of a marriage to hide his sexuality from his father and grandfather so he agrees to have his family pay for her college tuition in return for serving as his beard. They have a sexless open marriage where each is free to discreetly seek sexual satisfaction outside of their marriage in casual hookups. But Jonathan is pressured by his father and grandfather to move back to Bad and run the town’s medical clinic. Then Jonathan is killed by a drunken driver in a car accident in San Antonio where he’d gone to be with his lover, leaving Brooke alone in Bad where Jonathan’s grandfather publicly campaigns against her turning much of the town against her. As the story opens she’s just trying to hold on for a few more months until she’s completed their two year commitment to run the clinic, with plans to leave Bad where she believes most people think she is a slut like her mother and hate her ASAP. She tells herself she doesn’t really care that the clinic hardly has any patients because of Aaron William’s campaign against her. She just wants to get out of Bad.
Doctor Nick Silver an ER doctor in San Antonio is the nephew of the man who killed Brooke’s husband. Because he couldn’t prevent his uncle from drinking and driving the night of the accident, he feels responsible for Brooke’s husband’s death. He convinces his family to give Brooke his $250,000 life insurance policy his uncle had on himself as compensation for his uncle killing her husband. Problem is Brooke doesn’t want the money. She wants to stick around Bad for the rest of her two-year commitment to prove to the town she’s not her mother. I’m sorry but the reason why she can’t both accept the money and stay in town until her obligation is met is lost on me. No one need even know she has the quarter million dollars stashed away. In fact if they did know and she still stayed it would only further strengthen her case that she is not like her mother. So a big part of the basis of this plot IMHO falls flat.
When Brooke and Nick first meet he has no idea she’s the woman he’s driven hundreds of miles to meet and give the quarter million dollar check to. He mistakes her for a cleaning woman. Brooke has no idea he’s a doctor. Brooke thinking he’s a salesman and also that he’s extremely hot and gets her motor running like no man before, doesn’t disabuse him of his mistake. Instead, she makes it clear that she’d be happy to do some fooling around right there in the closed clinic’s office. With the intense sexual chemistry boiling between the two strangers they start to go at it like dogs in heat. After some heavy making out Nick calls an end to it before it goes too far and asks Brooke to get a message to her boss to contact him. Brooke of course can’t let on that she is in fact the woman he was looking for so she tries to avoid him as best she can. Until she can’t. Brooke refuses the money or to allow Nick to purchase anything with it for her or the clinic. Then Nick learns that the physician in New Orleans that is supposed to be supervising Brooke (because a P.A. has to have a supervising doctor) is retiring he pushes himself into the position so that Brooke can keep working. Brooke tells herself she doesn’t really care if she can continue to work as a P.A. in Bad taking care of patients as long as she can keep coming to work and fulfilling her contract by just showing up. After all it was her late husband in name only that got her into the position of returning to Bad which she had never intended to happen. But she really does care. She and Nick end up working together although she tries to avoid being in Nick’s vicinity as much as possible. The problem is these two literally can’t be alone in the same room without wanting to tear each other’s clothes off. My problem is for as much as the author tells us about how much Brooke and Nick want each other there’s a lot of foreplay in this story getting Brooke off but only one real sex scene where Nick gets an orgasm too. Brooke has never felt this kind of sexual attraction and fears she’s turning into her mother who told her she had no control over herself when she was attracted to a man. Which I guess is good thing if you’re going to be a call girl for a living. Nick, unaware of Brooke’s backstory that has created her dysfunctional relationship with the town of Bad continues to try and help make the clinic a success, encouraging Brooke to let her hair down and be more personable to the patients who come to the clinic. A sexually frustrated and emotionally exhausted Brooke finally reveals her and her mother’s sad history as an explanation as to why as much as she’d love to, she can’t enter into a sexual relationship with him. Well, you know that’s not going to fly. Sure enough, soon after Brooke shows up at Nick’s door with every intention of having sex with him. Which she does. But believing Nick plans to eventually return to San Antonio she tells herself she can’t allow herself to do what she’s already done and fall in love with him. Because her mother always traded sex for the things she wanted from wealthy men and because Brooke herself married Jonathan to get her college tuition paid for, she has been programmed to associate men being nice to her, giving her nice things as a business transaction of sorts. So when Nick does nice things for Brooke or buys her flowers or a cappuccino machine for the clinic she associates it with him trying to buy sexual favors from her. In other words Brooke has a lot of emotional baggage to work through.
Just when you think the story’s happily ever after is about to occur, it doesn’t. Both Brooke and Nick have to do some serious self-examination about their beliefs and motivations before that can happen.
June 9, 2024
Bad Medicaid just what the doctor ordered
Secrets, small town town gossip, miscommunication, insecurities, self doubt, hero complex, and Bad girl reputation is all mingled up in this story. Nick is easy to like. All charming hot doctor vibes with his hero complex. Brooke has walls built high and a sharp sarcastic untrusting personality. Yoh would think the two were polar opposites and they mostly do push the others buttons. From the beginning though, it wasn't always Bad buttons. There is a lot of insecurity from both that is masked by his Charm and her sarcasm and defensiveness. They push and pull, at odds over the clinic, who is in cHarge, who is going to admit feelings first. Its Brooke who unknowingly has all the power and finds with Nick, she is safe to let go, own her desire, act on her heart and needs. Its Nick who has to see her, accept her and put aside his need to rescue and save over letting this woman find her footing. Nick knows what he wants, but he can't be selfish or controlling. He confesses his long held secret, hoping Brooke understands him better after. Its an internal battle for both characters before they can find that HEA. Town gossips and long g held opinions from the past still hide in corners of Bad, LA. But each book in this series is shining light in the dark. Making Bad a pretty Good Read.
Secrets, small town town gossip, miscommunication, insecurities, self doubt, hero complex, and Bad girl reputation is all mingled up in this story. Nick is easy to like. All charming hot doctor vibes with his hero complex. Brooke has walls built high and a sharp sarcastic untrusting personality. Yoh would think the two were polar opposites and they mostly do push the others buttons. From the beginning though, it wasn't always Bad buttons. There is a lot of insecurity from both that is masked by his Charm and her sarcasm and defensiveness. They push and pull, at odds over the clinic, who is in cHarge, who is going to admit feelings first. Its Brooke who unknowingly has all the power and finds with Nick, she is safe to let go, own her desire, act on her heart and needs. Its Nick who has to see her, accept her and put aside his need to rescue and save over letting this woman find her footing. Nick knows what he wants, but he can't be selfish or controlling. He confesses his long held secret, hoping Brooke understands him better after. Its an internal battle for both characters before they can find that HEA. Town gossips and long g held opinions from the past still hide in corners of Bad, LA. But each book in this series is shining light in the dark. Making Bad a pretty Good Read.
November 20, 2022
This is honestly the first book of Erin’s that I’ve just been “meh” about……so I’m really hoping that it was just a situation of “it’s not you, it’s me” and not a reflection of where this series is going 😬
I didn’t relate to either character much at all and I’m also left feeling a little confused on the timeline. I know these are technically standalones but I feel like Aaron Williams did a complete 180 from the end of the first book, where he welcomed Jase and Cilla’s relationship despite the past, to this one where he was so incredibly horrible to Brooke.
I know we have page after page of reasonings of why Brooke is so defensive but it’s still off-putting. Nate’s intense guilt over Jonathan’s accident doesn’t match the rest of his generally cheerful, easygoing personality. Also - one of the best parts of EN’s series is the relationships between all the characters. We had that in droves in the first book but the friend group was hardly mentioned in this one. I know Brooke was kinda an outsider (which I think was more in her head than in reality) but it would have been a great way to ease her into the group and Nate would have fit right in too.
Anyway……I’m still definitely moving on with the series so fingers crossed!
I didn’t relate to either character much at all and I’m also left feeling a little confused on the timeline. I know these are technically standalones but I feel like Aaron Williams did a complete 180 from the end of the first book, where he welcomed Jase and Cilla’s relationship despite the past, to this one where he was so incredibly horrible to Brooke.
I know we have page after page of reasonings of why Brooke is so defensive but it’s still off-putting. Nate’s intense guilt over Jonathan’s accident doesn’t match the rest of his generally cheerful, easygoing personality. Also - one of the best parts of EN’s series is the relationships between all the characters. We had that in droves in the first book but the friend group was hardly mentioned in this one. I know Brooke was kinda an outsider (which I think was more in her head than in reality) but it would have been a great way to ease her into the group and Nate would have fit right in too.
Anyway……I’m still definitely moving on with the series so fingers crossed!
June 16, 2024
Alrighty Then. I so did not see this book coming. LOL
Brooke and Nick's chemistry was off the charts. But she had it in her mind that she needed to prove to the town of Bad she was not her mother. Although she loved her mother just not her old job LOL. Any who when Nick came to town to give or try to give Brooke a check for his Uncle killing her husband Jonathan (who we find out at the time they were no longer married) in a drunk driving incident OMG the pages lit up. I can tell you now Brooke needed to be herself and get out of her head. She didn't really need to prove anything to anyone. Especially Aaron Williams. I wished she would have told him about her grandson and how she did him a favor marrying him so he could get Amanda off his back. Jonathan was not into women and Brooke figured what could it hurt. They were almost best friends. This is all I'm giving you. It was a really good read. Just not what I was expecting.
Brooke and Nick's chemistry was off the charts. But she had it in her mind that she needed to prove to the town of Bad she was not her mother. Although she loved her mother just not her old job LOL. Any who when Nick came to town to give or try to give Brooke a check for his Uncle killing her husband Jonathan (who we find out at the time they were no longer married) in a drunk driving incident OMG the pages lit up. I can tell you now Brooke needed to be herself and get out of her head. She didn't really need to prove anything to anyone. Especially Aaron Williams. I wished she would have told him about her grandson and how she did him a favor marrying him so he could get Amanda off his back. Jonathan was not into women and Brooke figured what could it hurt. They were almost best friends. This is all I'm giving you. It was a really good read. Just not what I was expecting.
June 3, 2023
The sins of the parents…
Sweet, but kinda sad, small town romance. Brooke is stuck in her small and very critical and bigoted chime town of Bad, LA after her “husband” dies in a wreck. But she hates the town, and apparently, it hates her…all because of her mother’s past indiscretions.
Nick, and ER physician from New Orleans, travels to bad to try to make amends for his part in Brooke’s husband’s death. But she is stubborn and jaded and doesn’t want anyone’s help.
The ride is fun, but needs more open communication and understanding from both of them. Good ending though.
Sweet, but kinda sad, small town romance. Brooke is stuck in her small and very critical and bigoted chime town of Bad, LA after her “husband” dies in a wreck. But she hates the town, and apparently, it hates her…all because of her mother’s past indiscretions.
Nick, and ER physician from New Orleans, travels to bad to try to make amends for his part in Brooke’s husband’s death. But she is stubborn and jaded and doesn’t want anyone’s help.
The ride is fun, but needs more open communication and understanding from both of them. Good ending though.
August 24, 2022
I thoroughly enjoyed Bad Medicine and I think it is a perfect addition to the Bad Boys of the Bayou series. This time we have a hot doctor named Nick Silver showing up in Bad to make amends for the guilt that is weighing on his heart. What he doesn’t expect to find is a spitfire named Brooke Donovan-Williams. He may want to help her out but she doesn’t take anything from any man. They both have their own baggage and history but what they also have is seriously hot chemistry. Once they put all of the bad stuff behind them, they find that they are perfect together!
October 2, 2022
Skipped over important things
I liked the story line cause it was unique. But the whole story revolved around the whole town making her feel like an outsider and I was waiting for that moment where the town and Aaron realized how badly they've treated her for so long. Ending with only her saying F off Aaron was very unsatisfying. Glossing over the fact that she gave up her happiness for most of her life for his grandsons happiness sucked.
I liked the story line cause it was unique. But the whole story revolved around the whole town making her feel like an outsider and I was waiting for that moment where the town and Aaron realized how badly they've treated her for so long. Ending with only her saying F off Aaron was very unsatisfying. Glossing over the fact that she gave up her happiness for most of her life for his grandsons happiness sucked.
August 27, 2022
Loved Brooke and Nick! Brooke thought she got away from Bad but got brought back by her husband. Then he passed away and she had a clinic to run. Nick comes to bad to talk to her but she wants nothing to do with him. Well the town has a bunch of stuff to say. Can they make it threw the tension and looks and be together?
February 26, 2023
Daughter of the town hussy
I really don't like this story line, with an entire town hating a young woman because her mother "ran off" with a married man from town years ago. I also hate a man coming in to save the day by being super charming and making her feel even more isolated. Your mileage may vary.
I really don't like this story line, with an entire town hating a young woman because her mother "ran off" with a married man from town years ago. I also hate a man coming in to save the day by being super charming and making her feel even more isolated. Your mileage may vary.
April 26, 2023
Medical Romance
Brooke is a defensive character, having been judged by her mother's actions and Nick is a doctor trying to right a wrong. For most of the book Brooke was wound tight as a spring and didn't relax and enjoy the relationship until the last few pages, so not the best read.
Brooke is a defensive character, having been judged by her mother's actions and Nick is a doctor trying to right a wrong. For most of the book Brooke was wound tight as a spring and didn't relax and enjoy the relationship until the last few pages, so not the best read.
June 30, 2023
not much for consent
I am usually really like Erin Nicholas books, but this one just irritated me. Consent is about more than sex. The entire storyline is based on a man doing what he thinks is best for a woman as an apology. Getting into her business (in all ways) in a small town, like a bull in a china shop. But she luuuuvs him and it all ends up HEA.
I am usually really like Erin Nicholas books, but this one just irritated me. Consent is about more than sex. The entire storyline is based on a man doing what he thinks is best for a woman as an apology. Getting into her business (in all ways) in a small town, like a bull in a china shop. But she luuuuvs him and it all ends up HEA.
August 25, 2024
It was quite a frustrating book. Very different from book 1. Which is good, but also I didn’t want annoying MCs who just fought to fight and denied their feelings.
So while it ended in a nice HEA, getting there was boring and annoying. Surprise, surprise, Brook is going to tell Nick “no” and deny liking him. Again. Over and over and over until the very end. Maybe I won’t continue this series…
So while it ended in a nice HEA, getting there was boring and annoying. Surprise, surprise, Brook is going to tell Nick “no” and deny liking him. Again. Over and over and over until the very end. Maybe I won’t continue this series…
August 28, 2022
Brooke and Nick are soooo good together, when they are second guessing themselves! LOL There are moments in the story where I wanted to smack each of them, but they get through those to their HEA. An excellent addition to Erin Nicholas' Bad Boys of the Bayou.
September 8, 2022
Second chances
I LOVE how this town! Nick and Brooke have etched their way into my heart. Brooke has such a wall up and a chip on her shoulder and Nick is the Hero to bust through it!
I LOVE how this town! Nick and Brooke have etched their way into my heart. Brooke has such a wall up and a chip on her shoulder and Nick is the Hero to bust through it!
September 10, 2022
Didn't enjoy Brooke and Nick's story as much as Jase and Cilla's - it didn't flow smoothly for me. I've enjoyed every other one of Erin's and hope it was just a timing thing for me; onto the next - Bad Influence.
November 4, 2022
Brooke is used to being shunned by the town, she's suffering the sins of her mother
I would recommend this book and series for mature readers that enjoy reading stories that are funny, steamy, suspenseful, and romantic.
I would recommend this book and series for mature readers that enjoy reading stories that are funny, steamy, suspenseful, and romantic.
November 25, 2022
Nick and Brooke
Another heartfelt story that had me rooting for Brooke and Nick to find their way to each other, while wishing for Pastor Williams to eventually get his comeuppance. These characters are realistic and touching. Highly recommended.
Another heartfelt story that had me rooting for Brooke and Nick to find their way to each other, while wishing for Pastor Williams to eventually get his comeuppance. These characters are realistic and touching. Highly recommended.
August 4, 2023
Awesome
Bad boys series?! I am in. I love this book. A Bad girl and a bad boy doctor? A recipe for a great book. It is hard pressed not to find a winner in Erin Nicholas' book. I recommend this book to any romance book lover.
Bad boys series?! I am in. I love this book. A Bad girl and a bad boy doctor? A recipe for a great book. It is hard pressed not to find a winner in Erin Nicholas' book. I recommend this book to any romance book lover.
July 27, 2024
Love this entire series! I love Bad, Louisiana!
Brooke and Nick make such a wonderful couple! Brooke has such a chip on her shoulder, with good reason. Nick tries to knock the chip off! I highly recommend this book. Its definitely five 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟!
Brooke and Nick make such a wonderful couple! Brooke has such a chip on her shoulder, with good reason. Nick tries to knock the chip off! I highly recommend this book. Its definitely five 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟!
October 17, 2022
I loved this book!!!!! 🥰
October 20, 2022
B- Audible
November 5, 2022
Loved it!!
April 12, 2023
Another winner from the queen of small town romance!
June 28, 2023
Great book
Two people not expecting love. Both in Bad for different reasons soon learn what it means to put pride to the side.
Two people not expecting love. Both in Bad for different reasons soon learn what it means to put pride to the side.
January 20, 2025
⛔️(in notes)
March 13, 2023
Love this series so far, I liked this book better than the first in the series because it went on to talk about the future the couple would have together.
October 11, 2022
fun easy read
Started with one Bad book now onto the next they’re really good reads quirky and fun! Easy To finish in one reading session
Started with one Bad book now onto the next they’re really good reads quirky and fun! Easy To finish in one reading session
August 26, 2022
Another great book
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