To Not Fall For My Doc

The Simple Rules, Book 1

De: Gianni Holmes

Narrado por: Iggy Toma

Doctor or Daddy? There's no way Dr. Greer can be both.

He's my patient.

He's off-limits.

He's a twenty-one-year-old young man who's battled with Hodgkin lymphoma throughout adolescence. Given two years of complete remission, Austin Villiers should be out there living his best life. Instead, he walks the wings of the cancer treatment center, spreading hope and smiles.

My patients' lives aren't the only ones he touches. His presence reminds me why I chose this path years ago. But I have feelings for this boy that goes against everything I believe in. He doesn't make it easy when he reveals his virgin heart belongs to me.

It's been a long time since I've wanted to be called Daddy. Austin brings back all those protective tendencies. But how can I break the simplest rule of being a medical practitioner by dating a patient?

Contains mature themes.

©2021 Gianni Holmes (P)2023 Tantor

Sweet

This was a sweet story. I liked how involved Austin was with the cancer ward patients. It was cute how he would call Malcolm Doctor Daddy. The issues other doctors took with Austin and Malcolm's relationship added an interesting depth to the plot. I'm looking forward to reading the next book in the series. Iggy Toma did a great job bringing these characters to life.

Sweet story

Well written and a good sweet story.
Iggy Toma rocked out this narration. His voice really brought this book and it's characters to life. hopefully, the start of a wonderful series.

Ehhh, not my fave by Gianni but the audio is great.

★ ★ ★ ✬

Oh man, the opening scene broke my damn heart. How that dude did what he did after all those years with Austin!! I can't imagine!! And of course Austin was still just rainbows and sunshine. And at times he seemed WAY too young. And it felt a bit off when he was seducing his doctor man.

And Malcolm...his opinion and pull to Austin captured me. BUT, the fact he consulted with the head guy before he even talked to Austin was CRAZY. The relationship felt forced before it even started because of this. And I dunno, something was off with him. He acted all proper and controlled but the way he approached the"daddy kink" was weird as fuck. Not to say he was like a predator, but he gave the vibes because he was obsessed with NOT being one. IYKYK.

The spice was good but it got old with Malcolm mentioning his past boys and kind of comparing them. And the addition of Austin being THAT inexperienced even with a boyfriend of 7 years is a wee bit TOO unrealistic it pulls you out of the story a bit.

I'll admit I really enjoyed the last 20% of the book. The way everyone reacted to their relationship was weird as fuck and the story was a bit abrupt but it wasn't terrible in the end.

🎧: Iggy Toma is of course a fantastic narrator able to easily create a distinction between the younger and older men. Love his voice and his performances. He definitely helped with this one.

꧁𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁꧂
[pov]: 1st, dual
[spice level]: 🌶🌶🌶
[roles]: strict top/bottom
[om/ow drama]: 🚫
[3rd act breakup]:
[audio]: ★ ★ ★ ★ ✬

♡ age gap
🩺 doctor/patient
♡ hurt/comfort (ish)
🩺 daddy/boy
♡ trigger warnings

sweet with low angst

this was a very sweet story. I don't normally like age Gap romances, but this one wasn't too bad. I'm also not a fan of the whole daddy kink, but it wasn't too over the top so it wasn't that bad. sweet character. heartwarming hea.

Cute and Campy

A 21-year old former cancer patient tells his friend’s parents that he has a crush on his 45-year old Doctor. Their response?

“You need to tell the Doctor how you feel.”

Wait… What?!!! lol.

This was a cute romance and captured my attention. However, I felt their relationship was inappropriate; not because the Doctor/patient part, but because of the age gap and that the patient had no chance to be independent to live on his own and get a job or go to school. I did not think the daddy kink relationship was right for him.

A lot of romance novels are unrealistic and angsty but this crossed a line into campy. I laughed at parts that were not meant to be funny.

It was a great palate cleanser between serious books. I will probably continue with the series because of the narrator, Iggy.