Series:
Navarros (Book 3)
A prescription for love…
Or disaster?
Fighting for funding for her local clinic, Dr. Natalía
Navarro never expected her ex -- surgeon Leo Espinoza -- to show up in her ER!
Five years earlier, Nati knew the only way to compel Leo toward the prestigious
future he'd been working towards was to set him free. But with Leo back in East
Ward, the duo's long-dormant electricity sparks into instant flame. Now Leo not
only holds the clinic's future in the balance…but might also have Nati's heart!
Good second chance love story. Natalia has worked hard
against formidable odds to achieve her dream of being an ER doctor in her beloved
community. She is quite the workaholic, dividing her time between the hospital
and the free clinic she established with her two best friends. She's never
forgotten the fourth member of their group, her ex-boyfriend Leo. Six years
earlier, she had broken off their relationship, telling herself it was the only
way he'd follow his dreams. She hasn't seen or heard from him since then.
The story opens when Leo's father arrives in her ER due
to a cardiac event. Leo has returned to town to help care for his father, who
also has cancer. Nati is shocked when she comes face-to-face with Leo; it is
immediately evident that the sparks between them are still there.
Leo was devastated when Nati broke off their relationship,
and he was a mess for months and made it worse by marrying on the rebound. Now
he's divorced and floored by his reaction to seeing Nati again.
I enjoyed watching the rekindling of the relationship
between Nati and Leo. It is a slow, painful process as each tries to protect
their heart. Nati tries to keep Leo at a distance knowing it would be too easy
to fall for him again. Leo begins by wanting to clear the air in hopes of
finally being able to move on. The sparks between them are too strong to deny,
but they must put the past to rest before looking to the future. I ached for Leo
when he found out why Nati broke things off and understood his anger and sense
of betrayal. It takes some straight talk from a friend for Nati to realize her
motivations for her actions and admit to her mistake. She does a decent job of
groveling at the end to show Leo how she feels.
I liked Leo a lot. He is a good and caring man who is
close to his family, and he freely admits his mistake in cutting himself off
from his friends after his breakup. I also loved watching him jump in and help
at Nati's sister's restaurant grand opening and offer to help Nati with the
grant proposal for her clinic.
I had a harder time liking Nati. She is a bit of a
control freak and thinks far too highly of her abilities. She is good, but
believing she never makes mistakes is asking for trouble. I did like how close
she is to her family, but even there, she doesn't seem to trust them enough to
be completely herself. I liked the epilogue and how she seems no longer wrapped
so tight.
The one character I did NOT like was Leo's mother. She is
a snob and a *itch who constantly says terrible things about Nati. I liked the
scene in the hospital room when Nati stood up to her condescending attitude. I
also liked seeing Leo blast her for her attitude later in the book. I would
have liked to get a real sense of what her problem was.
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