Review of Some Men's Dreams (Korbel Classics Book 8) by Eileen Dreyer
Dr. Gen Kendall hits a homerun (not) when she accidentally knocks out her new boss, chief of staff Dr. Jack O’Neill, during their house staff softball game. Yikes, what a first meeting! But something about Gen calls to Jack, especially later when she offers to take his 12-year-old daughter home and care for her while he's stuck recuperating at their hospital. But, Gen is leaving in a month to go back home and Jack is a still grieving widower with a young daughter to care for, so they absolutely cannot give into the attraction that springs up between them. And when Gen observes something troubling about Jack's lovely young daughter, something she knows she has to tell him but doesn't want to, for fear of breaking his already grieving heart, it will just be another obstacle in the way of what could be happiness and love.
I've really been enjoying reading the Korbel Classics series, but Some Men's Dreams is head and tale above all its predecessors. It was an emotional roller coaster of a story. There are lots of heavy subjects to be dealt with here. Aside from Jack's grief, there is the distressing common link between Gen and Jack's daughter, Elizabeth, there's the serious guilt that Jack's been repressing, and even more that I won't list. But Eileen has a deft hand with all these subjects, never allowing the emotional toll to be too much for the reader or the characters. I love how well Gen, Jack and Elizabeth mesh with each other and I especially love just how well drawn the author made each of the three. There's heat here, too, but in a subtle way that doesn't overwhelm or disappear from the story. All in all, I found Some Men's Dreams to be a superbly crafted story that's not really a romance, but a journey taken by Jack, Gen, and Elizabeth. A journey of healing and love. A beautiful journey!
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Dr. Gen Kendall hits a homerun (not) when she accidentally knocks out her new boss, chief of staff Dr. Jack O’Neill, during their house staff softball game. Yikes, what a first meeting! But something about Gen calls to Jack, especially later when she offers to take his 12-year-old daughter home and care for her while he's stuck recuperating at their hospital. But, Gen is leaving in a month to go back home and Jack is a still grieving widower with a young daughter to care for, so they absolutely cannot give into the attraction that springs up between them. And when Gen observes something troubling about Jack's lovely young daughter, something she knows she has to tell him but doesn't want to, for fear of breaking his already grieving heart, it will just be another obstacle in the way of what could be happiness and love.
I've really been enjoying reading the Korbel Classics series, but Some Men's Dreams is head and tale above all its predecessors. It was an emotional roller coaster of a story. There are lots of heavy subjects to be dealt with here. Aside from Jack's grief, there is the distressing common link between Gen and Jack's daughter, Elizabeth, there's the serious guilt that Jack's been repressing, and even more that I won't list. But Eileen has a deft hand with all these subjects, never allowing the emotional toll to be too much for the reader or the characters. I love how well Gen, Jack and Elizabeth mesh with each other and I especially love just how well drawn the author made each of the three. There's heat here, too, but in a subtle way that doesn't overwhelm or disappear from the story. All in all, I found Some Men's Dreams to be a superbly crafted story that's not really a romance, but a journey taken by Jack, Gen, and Elizabeth. A journey of healing and love. A beautiful journey!
ARC via Booksprout.
#bookreview #KorbelClassics #EileenDreyer #medicalromance #classicromance #Booksprout #ARC
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