The Best Medicine

Strictly Business Series – Book 1

By Elizabeth Hayley

Synopsis

The first novel in a sparkling and sexy new contemporary romance series about four best friends looking for love in all the right places—and the one woman who discovers that it takes more than an impeccable bedside manner to make dreams come true.…
Lauren Hastings is finally ready to enter the real world. At twenty-six, she’s about to get her master’s in psychology, and she’s well on her way to beginning the career of her dreams—until she suffers public humiliation and has to endure something she thought she’d never have to deal with again: a part-time job.
A gig at Trinity Hospital isn’t exactly Lauren’s definition of a good time, but Dr. Scott Jacobs quickly changes her mind. He’s straight-up gorgeous, and he always gets what he wants. And that includes Lauren. It’s an ideal arrangement for both of them. No strings. Just fun—at least at first.
But feelings quickly begin to run deeper than either Lauren or Scott is willing to admit, causing issues neither of them want to confront. After all, who wants to risk the perfect relationship on something as terrifying, as messy, and as unpredictable as love?

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Tracey’s Review

When a girl’s night out gets a little bit out of hand, Lauren Hastings finds herself assigned to work out her community service in the office of Dr. Scott Jacobs. Dr. Scott has a great bedside manner, but not so much with Lauren, causing sparks to fly fast and furiously. As they get to know each other better, and lines are crossed, who wins, when one player changes the rules of the game?

Lauren is a take-no-prisoners kind of girl, but her bravado is a cover for the pain that still simmers just below the surface. Having suffered a very deep loss, she holds herself apart from any relationship that seems to be turning into more than a casual thing. Scott, too, has a less-than-perfect past that makes him unwilling to get too involved with anyone, so the idea of a no-strings agreement is just what he’s after. We all know what happens with this sort of set-up, though, and it isn’t long before someone’s bound to get hurt.

This book started out very strong for me. Lauren and her friends all have great personalities, wicked senses of humor, and are more than able to hold their own. Away from the office, and from Lauren, Scott is much more apt to be open and engaged with his friends. It’s obvious fairly early on that Scott’s cocky and somewhat abrasive personality is just his way of dealing with his inner insecurities, but it made it hard for me to like him at all through a good part of the book. Despite my having a hard time connecting with the main male character, though, I kept reading, because if a book can make me laugh in the first few pages, I’m going to keep reading, and this read hit that mark. I was happy with the way that the authors tied things up, even though getting to that point left me frustrated and wondering what in the ever-loving world Lauren could possibly see in Scott. So, with all of this being said, I give The Best Medicine 3.5-4 stars. And, because I liked Lauren and all of her friends, I will read the next book in the series, because, if anyone can give the guys a run for their money, the ladies in these books can.

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Author Bio:

Elizabeth Hayley is actually “Elizabeth” and “Hayley,” two friends who love reading romance novels to obsessive levels. This mutual love prompted them to put their English degrees to good use by penning their own. The product is Pieces of Perfect, their debut novel. They learned a ton about one another through the process, like how they clearly share a brain and have a persistent need to text each other constantly (much to their husbands’ chagrin).

“Elizabeth” lives with her husband, daughter, and nutjob of a dog. “Hayley” lives with her husband, son, and her own crazy dog. Thankfully, their children are still too young to read.

Elizabeth Hayley’s writing motto is best captured by the words of Patrick Dennis: “I always start with a clean piece of paper and a dirty mind.”

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