Copper Point
Medical: Book Three
Once upon a time Nicolas
Beckert was the boy who stole kisses from Jared Kumpel beneath the bleachers,
but now Jared’s a pediatrician and Nick is the hospital CEO who won’t glance
his way. Everything changes, however, when they’re stranded alone in a hospital
elevator. Ten years of cold shoulders melt away in five hours of close contact,
and old passions rekindle into hot flames.
Once out of the elevator,
Jared has no intention of letting Nick get away. It’s clear he’s desperate for
someone to give him space to let go of the reins, and Jared is happy to oblige.
But Jared wants Nick as a lover in a full, open relationship, which is a step
further than Nick is willing to go. They’ve traded kisses under the bleachers
for liaisons in the boardroom… and it looks like the same arguments that drove
them apart in high school might do the same thing now.
Jared’s determined not to
let that happen this time around. He won’t order Nick from his
shell—he’ll listen to what his friend says he needs to feel
safe. Maybe this time he can prescribe his lover a happy ever after.
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Cat gives this one 5
Meows with a 3 Purr heat index...
I love these covers; I get
an idea in my head of the main character. This is a book three in
the series and I do recommend reading in order since you will understand the
goings on and the other characters better.
Nick is the CEO of Copper
Point and how and why he is is complicated, but he took the position and turned
it around and is making something of the hospital no matter what is thrown in
his path and man the obstacles just keep showing up. After a bad time of having to fire and/or most
of the board members going to jail ( see book two), he is now faced with a
hospital with hardly any budget crumbling down around him. When he and his
lover from the past are stuck in the elevator and nearly tumble to their deaths
he realizes two things... First, he needs to find a way to get a new hospital and second, he needs to figure out how to come out and
be with the man he has loved since high school.
Jared has loved Nick since
high school and coming back home working with him has been rough. He has a dream to find that someone special,
build a family two kids each but the man he wants it with may never be able to
come out and be with him the way he wants? Are secret lovers enough for him?
I loved all of these books
but something about this one just really hit me in the feels. I loved all the
characters the friendships, how they all band together to help solve problems,
both hospital, and friendships. I think
this is the perfect book for any MM romance lover.
If you like office
romance, doctors, CEO, interracial romance, family, coming out, second chances,
lots of conflict, hot mansex this is for you!
Excerpt…
THE BRIDE and groom glowed as they
reveled in their special day. They were good people, and Nick looked forward to
watching them make their family together. Except though he celebrated their
union and their happiness, it pained him too. With every tinkle of laughter the
couple inspired, each beaming smile they shared, the yearning inside Nick grew,
until eventually he excused himself from the table and flitted around the
reception once more.When the time came for him to bid people goodbye and get ready for the country club party, he was almost relieved. As he stopped by his family to let them know he was leaving, his grandmother put her hand on his arm. “There’s a bag on the table in the kitchen, a small gift for the Ryans. Give it to them, will you, when you see them this afternoon? And be sure to say hello to Cynthia. Tell her to stop by the house the next time she’s through.”
“Of course.” With a squeeze of her shoulder, Nick went on his way.
He found the gift—locally roasted coffee and a loaf of Grandma Emerson’s famous banana bread tastefully tucked inside tissue paper in an elegant bright blue gift bag—where she’d said it would be. It smelled wonderful, and he lingered to savor the mingling scents. Then, setting his keys beside the package so he wouldn’t forget it, he hurried upstairs to shower.
Shutting his eyes under the spray, Nick saw the smiling faces of the bride and groom once again in his mind’s eye. So happy. So celebrated. So protected. Everything laid out before them, the community ensuring their path stayed clear.
What would that be like, he wondered?
Adjusting the plain silk bow tie over the tips of his shirt collar, he stared at his reflection. He felt much stiffer in his tuxedo than he had in the tan suit and gray-striped tie he’d worn to the wedding. He tried out a few expressions in the mirror, searching for one that allowed him to remain guarded but still seem dignified.
He grabbed the gift bag along with his keys, and to boost himself on the way to the country club, he blasted The Weeknd on his stereo. He sang along, winding down the long, scenic road leading to the country club on the top of the hill overlooking the most beautiful and expansive part of the bay.
Pulling up to the gates, he clicked off the radio, put his work face on, and presented his member card to the guard.
The party was in full swing as he handed his keys to the valet and entered the crush. The women were in elegant dresses, the men all in tuxedos or suits—excepting Rebecca Lambert-Diaz. She and Kathryn had already arrived, no longer dressed in airy outdoor wedding clothes, but while Kathryn wore a simple black evening gown, Rebecca had donned a smart black pantsuit with glittering rhinestones on the collar and cuffs. They seemed a bit more at ease at this party than the one they had left, laughing and mingling with the guests.
Nick took his place in the crowd as well, moving from group to group, smiling and shaking hands, ensuring people felt welcomed. His reception here was markedly different than it had been at church. Here they were wary of him, the young upstart who had changed so much about the tidy lives of Copper Point.
As far as they were concerned, he’d broken all their rules. Nick had been hired to be a pawn. Oh, no one had ever come out and said as much, but he’d understood things with one glance. A hospital CEO, at his age? He didn’t have the experience. His suspicions had been confirmed as soon as he’d come through the door. No real power, no backing. Even so, experience was experience, and it was nice to stay close to home. He’d told himself he could put up with it for a while, until it was time to upgrade.
Except part of him hadn’t been able to shake the idea that he could dig under the rotten surface of the institution and dismantle the system that had broken his father’s spirit and nearly ruined their family. A few years on the hospital board had been enough to catch the attention of the power players at the hospital in a way that dogged him even after he’d been voted out. They worked behind the scenes to ruin his business and nearly cost him his home—and ultimately, through his failing health, had cost him his life.
Nick hadn’t really thought he’d be able to avenge his father, had only dreamed of it. But with the help of Erin and the others, he’d done just that. Now there was a new board, a new balance of power, and a new day at St. Ann’s. For many of the people in this room, though? Oh, Nick was still that man. It didn’t matter that the board members who’d embezzled a scandalous amount of money were all in jail and that Nick had helped put them there. These people still didn’t like him. They didn’t like how he’d gone out of his way to make the new hospital board reflect the diverse population of Copper Point. There was a lot of rumbling from this set about “the way things used to be,” their gazes turned toward the past with longing.
Well, Nick thought as he sipped a glass of champagne he’d collected from a passing tray, if they’d rather have the crooks than progress, then screw ’em.
Author of over thirty novels,
Midwest-native Heidi Cullinan writes positive-outcome romances for LGBT
characters struggling against insurmountable odds because she believes there’s
no such thing as too much happy ever after. Heidi is a two-time RITA® finalist,
and her books have been recommended by Library Journal, USA Today, RT Magazine,
and Publisher’s Weekly. When Heidi isn’t writing, she enjoys cooking, reading
novels and manga, playing with her cats, and watching too much anime.
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i really like this series
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