Against Doctor’s Orders

By: Radclyffe

Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky

There'd been a Rivers at the helm of Argyle Community Hospital for six generations, and Harper Rivers was set to take her father's place whenever he decided to hang up his shingle. Unfortunately, the board of directors had other ideas - they accepted a buyout offer from a health-care conglomerate with plans to close the hospital's doors to the community that depended on it. And Presley Worth, a high-powered corporate financier, came to town to oversee the closure. Funny thing was, no one asked Harper, and she had no intention of following anyone's orders but her own - no matter how beautiful, smart, or commanding the new boss might be.

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good book

I really enjoyed reading this author.  I look forward to reading more books by this author in the near future.

lg4az

Eva Kaminsky is by far the best narrator I have had the pleasure of listening to.

Love this series - wish it was read by the same narrator for each book

I have listened to the entire series multiple times. I easily just wish it was the same narrator for the entire series.

Even when Radclyffe is bad she is good.

Would you consider the audio edition of Against Doctor’s Orders to be better than the print version?

Don't know, why I got the audio, haven't had time to read the printed version, on my list of things to do, If I ever finish Melissa Goods Awesome Partner's Two book that I fell behind in my reading with, and then I have 3 Gerri Hill's to get through before I can finally find the time and while I am doing that I have two major surgeries I have to have. So if I can live through all of that I might have time.

What other book might you compare Against Doctor’s Orders to and why?

Radclyffe's other books like Homestead, Or Gerri Hill's (And my mind just went blank, the wonderful world of MS) Anyway Hill writes some great romance novels, Behind the Pine Curtain just popped in my head, while lacking the whole doctor's part, it has the romance only it's a lot about re-kindling a childhood romance when you return home. Still it's about finding your true love. Hill writes some exciting adventure/mystery novels as well.

Which character – as performed by Eva Kaminsky – was your favorite?

I am no good with names but the lead doctor/GP doctor that was leading and falls for the mean old money cutting budget crunching corp. type. who of coarse really has a heart of gold if you can get her away from the board room and into the bedroom. I liked the way she tamed the beast.

If you could take any character from Against Doctor’s Orders out to dinner, who would it be and why?

It would be the young wide eyed doctor with the good heart and the patients to tame the beast of corp type, I liked the way she cared about every one, her patients, her family, her sisters, her new friends who didn't even know they were friends yet. Just would have to have a loving heart but a smart no nonsense head. I liked her a lot.

Any additional comments?

This was not my favorite of the many many Radclyffe books I have read, the one and Homestead seem to have been formula written.But she has written so many brillant books even her so-so books are like a 1000 times better than a lot of garbage that is hitting the kindle and book shelves. So give me a so so Radclyffe book any day.

One Of Her Best

There are only small variables in Radclyffe's books, however in those small differences is what separates the good from the not so good. Harper Rivers has followed the family tradition and is the heir apparent to her father as the hospital director. However as is now the case of many communities the the hospital is sold to a conglomerate. This brings Presley Worth into Harper's life and thus begins their love story. Harper and Presley, (damn doesn't Radclyffe come up with the wildest, most unusual androgynous names,) begin the dance that every romance novel, gay or straight goes through to lead a couple to true love in the end. Presley begins the story as a hard edged business woman, without any regard for what will happen to the community when the changes the conglomerate will bring, go through. Then as we all knew it would her relationship with Harper and the community begins to change her into a softer, more caring and lovable person. Almost as big a part of the novel as Harper and Presley is Harper's younger sister Flan, a surgeon and a player who is my far the best character in the book. Flan brings an edge to this story that the writers in this genre rarely give their main characters. A confrontation between the two sisters late in the novel brings about a scene both surprising and titillating.
As a connoisseur of romance novels I know it takes a good writer to create characters the reader/listener cares about enough to take the same old formula and make it work; in this particular work she does.