Dr. Kumari: A Lesbian Medical Romance

Collins Memorial Hospital #2

by Clara Ann Simons

Arya has time for only one saving lives as a surgeon. She is not interested in a relationship. Her life is already too complicated without adding new problems into the mix. Besides, there are too many other women out there to settle for just one.

Patricia wants to be seen as more than a single mother. Her seven-year-old son fills her life, but after leaving behind the toxic relationship with her ex-husband, she's been longing to feel wanted again.

A night out with her friends, a sexy woman at a nightclub, and some alcohol shake up her initial thoughts.

Fortunately, Patricia will never see that woman again. She didn't even give her a phone number, so her little secret would be safe. After all, Los Angeles is a vast city to cross paths with someone again. A chance meeting is unlikely.

But life is full of twists and turns, and fate is all too capricious. Neither of them expected to see each other again, let alone in a hospital with Patricia's son needing emergency surgery.

Will they be able to ignore the chemistry between them?

Will they give in to their feelings and face their fears and desires together?

169 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 30, 2022

Reviews

[K · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very Predictable Plot

The plot was very predictable. The verbiage is so simple it feels like children are the intended audience. Glad it was short!

[Siddie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A weird book. The writing seems disjointed in many places, sometimes the story hard to follow. But under the sometimes unusual English, the story is really good, loving and emotional, and the descriptions are beautiful.
Arya and Patricia are lovely people, both insecure because of their pasts, but with each others’ help they are able to move on and be together.

[AL · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice to read

It is a nice book to read, however I was expecting more. It is not deep enough for handling difficult topics. Easy to follow and a bit on the surface with all the challenges and obstacles of the characters.

[Kirian · Rating 4 out of 5]

"The devil is in the details"

It's a lovely book, but there are some details that made the result down to 3.5 stars.

I now know that I should not begin my road in the Medical Romance books by Clara Simons with the Watson Memorial series, but it's not really a problem. Arya is a lovely supporting character in all the books, not just b/c she's not the MC there, but b/c she supports each and every person.

That means I was very interested in the beginning of her love story, and after the Dr. Park book I was looking for something way better. I knew it can't be bad if Arya is the MC.

And this is true. It's an enjoyable, feel-good 3 hours read.

So let's talk about those devils.


It's stated more than once, that Patricia met her ex-husband in college in the second semester (Page 80). It would make her 19-20 years old, AFAIK. She tells that she became a few month later pregnant. Doing some simple math, having a 7 year old son would make her 27-28. But also multiple times she thinks about that as a 38 year old woman, she should not be afraid from her parents. It's also strange reading on page 122 when she thinks about "I might think of Arya as my soul mate if I were twenty years younger. But at my age I know soul mates are just tales for teenagers." I know I should not be surprised in a romance book, probably there were some changes during the edit to make her younger or older, but I could not unseen this.

The other one could be something smaller. At the end of the book they move together ASAP, very lesbian of course, but Trisha has a dog, and Ayra should have a cat, but the cat is never mentioned again. I am wondering what happened to her, and how is she cooping with the golden retriever?

[Robin Kenna · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such a well written tale of love between two women and a child, it gives me hope for our country.

Cara Ann Simons is quite a wordsmith. This is the second in this series that I have read that has taken my imagination and heart on a sensitive ride through familiar places, like hospital halls, patient rooms and operating rooms with sensitivity and compassion. I am delighted with the characters and the issues covered so gently. I am looking forward to reading another in the series soon.

[L E · Rating 5 out of 5]

i like spin-off books from others and this one is no exception. The dramatic life that Patricia experienced is one that is horrible and glad that in this book, one that can only be healed by love. And the ending with the mom coming around was the cherry on top of this cake, whip-cream would be the dad but this is good enough.

[Devoncatt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sweet romance

A woman who has no luck with dating men meets a women who is what she really wants but rejects her due to internalised homophobia foisted on her by homophobic parents. She falls in live but takes a hile to realise it's what she wants and needs in a partner. There is an HEA but it doesnt usually end like this im real life but this is a romance novel.

[RealGPM · Rating 3 out of 5]

Una historia con mucho potencial pero mal desarrollada. A veces parece que la escritora tenga límite de palabras y no pueda escribir más. Me hubiera gustado una historia mejor desarrollada porque los personajes lo merecían.

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Discovering Love

Three months after a one night stand Arya and Patricia are in each others orbit. Their discovery of love begins to heal their past hurts.

[Rebecca Gaddy · Rating 5 out of 5]

resolution

This story is probably the first in this series, but it is dealing with several elements of our world today—like prejudice—and is handled nicely by the characters in it.

[Kim Tunney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dr kumari

Another lovely reason this series of books loving each one and getting dragged in by the characters well done Clara x

[Patricia Livers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liked this book very much, however it was little long for me.

[valenhot · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nada que decir el libro es muy corto pero en el corto tiempo para mi me hace sentir muy bien 👍 me identifique con una que otra cosilla y casi me pongo a llorar como una maldita rata

l LOVE THIS BOOK
Y el padre homofobo cara de verga chupa pija yo no perdono okey mi odio sigue vigente no se irá 💋