She lives in the Midwest with her husband, two sons and three glow-in-the-dark fish.Offer me a trope (freeform, or tvtropes terminology - your call), and i’ll rank it on a scale of no/rather not/dunno/i guess/ sure/yes/fuck yes/oh god you don’t even know, and possibly sprout a mini-rant along with it. This is a spin-off series from the book Heart Trouble and includes characters from that novel, but it can be read as a standalone.ĭJ Jamison worked in newsrooms for more than 10 years, which helped tremendously when she began her series centered on The Ashe Sentinel, a fictional small-town newspaper in Kansas. Will these two find their perfect moment, or will they realize you can’t choose when and how you fall in love? If Paul can’t take a risk, he may have to choose: the career he loves or the first man to capture his heart.īedside Manner is Book 1 of the Hearts & Health series. Paul is afraid to start a relationship, and Zane can only handle so much more rejection.

It doesn’t hurt that Paul’s lack of experience with men is sexy as hell, and so are his over-the-top responses when Zane gets his lips on him. Paul Johnston outside of the ER, he’s drawn to the man’s calm, collected manner. None of that hurts as much as the emotional damage he’s suffered. He moves in with a roommate and searches for a job, all while recovering from a fractured arm and cracked ribs. Reeling from an assault that landed him in the hospital and the painful estrangement from his family since coming out, Zane is trying to get his feet under him and find his independence. Zane Kavanaugh is floundering, and there’s only one man who soothes the storm inside him. Now, he’s struggling to handle the reality that his job is in danger and the only guy he wants should be off-limits. It’s possible he let his newfound freedom as a divorced, out-of-the-closet gay man go to his head, but he’s certain - mostly - he didn’t do anything wrong.

One that most likely accuses him of sexual harrassment or impropriety of some kind. Not now, when he’s been put on paid leave pending review of a formal complaint. The last thing he needs is to fall for a patient. Paul Johnston can’t get a set of dark, somber eyes out of his head, and the timing couldn’t be worse.

Bedside Manner by D.J. Jamison