4.5 Stars
Charlie Wild is the Teamsters quarterback and he is used to living by his own rules on and off the field. So, when he is injured and heads back to his hometown of Lockhart for treatment and an image adjustment the last person he expects to see is the woman who captured his attention at his last game.
Dr Dylan Rose knows all about Charlie Wild and others just like him and when she finds out he will be her patient she knows she will need to set both clear rules and boundaries for the wandering eyed quarterback.
Can Charlie let someone else set the rules when it comes to his recovery and what will happen when the boundaries become blurred and emotions take control. I loved this story and look forward to reading where Ms North takes me with Trent’s story next.

Romantic love set in the world football fans rarely see... that if what goes on after an injury. The relationship develops despite the lines crossed between doctor and patient. Sweet ending!

A fun and quick read that is perfect for the summer. Charlie, a hot shot football player and Dylan, the sports medicine doctor, make a nice couple. The sparks and banter were fun, and I liked them together. The only thing that made me hesitate was her "professionalism" seemed to dry up really quick, and they went from dr/patient to lovers too swiftly. Other than that, I highly recommend this book, and look forward to the next in the series.

Charlie Wild's recent injury calls into question his ability to play football and has some thinking it's because of his reputation. He’s been given an ultimatum: clean up his image by renovating his hometown hospital or get off the field.

The last thing Dr. Dylan Rose needs is yet another man telling her what to do and certainly not what to do with her hospital. She’d left Houston and the sports stars she’d fixed there, tired of watching big bulky men beat each other up for fun. So when Charlie Wild limps into her hospital she wants nothing more than to fix him up and send him on his way.

I'm thoroughly enjoying Ms North's writing and her character portrayal and storytelling. While this book for me wasn't as good as book one, it was still a quick and easy read, that I cruised through in a couple of hours.

I look forward to what is yet to come from this author and her captivating series.

What can I say, but yes this was amazing. Loved the the witty banter between the two very different leads. A hot cowboy and a sassy city girl. It was hot and I wanted more. Glad more is on its way.

I enjoyed this book. It took me a little longer to get through but I'm not sure why. It didn't pull me in as much as I would have liked which is the reason why I took off a star. I liked both Dylan and Charlie and I felt like the characters had time to really get to know each other. It wasn't insta love and there wasn't a huge amount of drama which was nice. It was a light and fun read that will be perfect for summer.

The second book in the Wildhorse Brothers Ranch series is a welcomed continuation of the first book. The characters were exceptional...and larger than life (Charlie). Dylan was a wonderfully strong woman who was not intimidated by athletes and their idiosyncrasies. I would have liked to have a bit more on the ranch in the story, but understandable that there wasn't since it is after all a football athlete's story.

This ARC book was provided as a complimentary copy by the Publisher and Netgally, I am voluntarily providing my honest review.

Enjoyable read to a certain extent. I liked both characters. The hero (Charlie) is this giant (6.6) blond quarterback with a strong jaw, “eyes a wintery blue” and incredible shoulders.
I loved the way the hero’s physicality – his size, his width, his body – is woven into the plot and dialogue/interactions between him and the heroine (Dylan) and how we are always being reminded of this, creating a visual portrait of the character – his broad/enormous hand, his lap, his immense, rock-hard thigh, his hulking figure. Even the crutches are custom-made to support a man of his size. On the other hand, this “gladiator-sized athlete” who is a flirt he’s also boyish and sensitive and that makes an interesting character.
I think that the heroine is too young (the hero is 30) to have already a career or a reputation as a sports medicine specialist (created healing sports stars, as we are told). And we see so little of her treating Charlie, her patient…
In the second half of the book, Charlie and Dylan spend too much time having wild sex, sometimes in unexpected places… I felt that in this part the author – a first read for me –emphasized the sex and neglected the emotional entanglement.
Somehow I was expecting more from the character of Charlie – the Viking with blond locks who wears a man bun and has a tender heart. We get a lot of his sexiness but only glimpse what an amazing person he might be (that potential is never completely fulfilled).

This author is hit or miss for me. This one was a miss -- another predictable, repetitive story. I had a hard time finishing it.

Charlie Ward is a womanizer football player, the top quarterback and has gotten injured. He goes back to his home town to recover. There is supposed to listen to his Doctor Dylan Rose, who is a top sports medicine doctor, she is also beautiful and left Houston because she was tired of men telling her what to do. Charlie of course is attracted to her and does the opposite and does not listen to her and actually injuries his knee worse. Though this book was a very quick read and there were parts that I liked, the premise of her leaving Houston to get away from controlling men just doesn’t work because Charlie controls everything from their first meeting. She tried to remain tough but it was like she gave up to soon with all of the wants that he was putting on. She was not as tough as she was made out to be and Charlie came across as a big jerk who she actually was trying to save his image not worrying about her own. Thought it could have been a better story.

This was a really sweet story and the characters were fun! A few times I was confused about where they were, or what was going on but otherwise it was a sweet book. I loved that this story took place in a small town and it was like a return to your roots story with a side of big city mixed in.

Healing the Quarterback is book two in the Wildhorse Ranch Brothers series by Leslie North.

Charlie Wild is Trevor’s brother whom we met in the first book. I am known for my love of all things cowboy but this isn’t as much of a cowboy book as the first one is. Charlie is a pro-football player. He is starting quarterback of the Texas Teamsters. Football is the love of Charlie’s life. He is also known for his wild side. He takes advantage of his celebrity and enjoys the company of many different women. But then, an on the field accident threatens Charlie’s professional future. In order to recuperate, he needs to go home to Wildhorse Ranch in Lockhart Bend, Texas. The sports medicine specialist he’s been assigned to works in the hospital there. She is renowned for her work but nothing will help him if he’s not willing to follow the doctor’s orders. That means rest, rehab, and doing what he’s told. No-one is more surprised, though, when Charlie meets his new doctor. They’ve met before but he didn’t know her name then. He’d like to be the one giving her a few orders, some very specific orders, and Charlie always gets what he wants.

Dylan Rose is good at what she does. She left the big city to work in the smaller hospital in Lockhart Bend and loves it there. Dylan also loves the Texas Teamsters. Who wouldn’t be attracted to the sexy quarterback? But a chance encounter between them reminds her what a player he is. She can’t believe it when he walks into her hospital as her patient. She knows she can help him to heal and be better than ever, if he’ll only do as she says. The problem will be keeping a professional distance. There is some pretty strong chemistry between them, but anything other than a doctor-patient relationship between them would be completely unethical. She can do it, right?

“Time to make an executive decision. Time to take the future - their future - into his own hands and accept the consequences.”

I have to admit that I wasn’t enjoying this one as much as the first book. I wasn’t feeling the connection between these two as much as I was with Trevor and Sabrina. But then, wham, Charlie does something, and I swooned, big time. And it had a very cute epilogue. Charlie really did have a huge heart. All he wanted to do is play football. It was all he knew. I really did enjoy watching him step over that line when he finally figured out his priorities. Maybe it was just me but there were a couple of times when the dialogue confused me just a little bit. And when I read a series, I love getting updates on the couples from previous books. We get some of Trevor in this book but nothing of them together so that disappointed me just a little bit. But still, this was a fun and enjoyable book and I look forward to the next book in the series, Stirring Up the Sheriff.

Although there are a lot of books about hot arrogant sport jocks and their female sexy doctors, I still like reading them. And Healing the Quarterback is exactly that kind of book. Charlie is the arrogant football player, who gets injured and has to be fixed by a doctor. To recover, Charlie goes back to his hometown Lockhard Bend, to stay with his brother on the ranch.

When he asks a very pretty and sexy lady, where he could find his doctor, she surprises the hell out of him, by explaining she will be his doctor and by NOT swooning and drooling over him. In fact, Dylan seems to really despise him.

Well, that's a first for Charlie. Women usually throw themselves (or their panties) at him. So Dylan is certainly a challenge for Charlie. But can he pinch through her armour? And why does she looks so familiar to him? While Dylan does her best to keep the relationship between her and Charlie strictly professional, Charlie is proving very persistent in getting to know her. But she doesn't want to like the arrogant, womanizing and partying sportsman.

So, not only sparks are flying but also the hilarious banter between Charlie and Dylan. Will Dylan fall for his charms? Or will she remain the professional doctor, who will have to make difficult decisions regarding Charlie's career?

Find out in this second part of the Wildhorse Ranch Brother series. Four out of five stars from me. With a thank you to Netgalley for providing the ARC.

Healing the Quarterback was an ok read that sadly didn't live up to the author's other books that I've read.

Charlie Wild has a reputation as a man who gets things done on the field and in the bedroom. When an injury takes him out of the game, he heads to his hometown to recuperate. Dr. Dylan Rose specializes in sports medicine and is assigned to assist Charlie with his recovery. Charlie and Dylan are immediately at odds regarding his treatment, but can't seem to ignore the attraction building between them. When their relationship reaches the next level, Charlie has to decide how much he's willing to give up and how far he'll go to return to the game.

Charlie was where this book ultimately didn't work for me. He's incredibly arrogant and his inability to listen immediately turned me off. Charlie is desperate to return to the game as soon as possible and yet he ignored nearly all of the advice Dylan gave him as his doctor. I understand his desire to return to playing, but his rejection of all medical advice and thinking he'll somehow still be fit to play were incredibly irritating. He did have some redeeming moments when dealing with the sick children at the hospital, but those moments were too far between.

Dylan started off as an enjoyable character but sadly lost her spark over the course of the book. She's incredibly passionate about her job and despite the difficulties Charlie creates, she truly believes she can help him with his recovery. However, her strong personality quickly faded the more she interacted with Charlie. Ultimately, she became too much of a pushover for my tastes and by the end of the book I was fairly indifferent towards her. I will say, I like how she held her ground during the final discussion over Charlie's condition, despite knowing she could lose him.

Despite the fact I didn't enjoy these characters very much, the physical attraction between them was incredibly well done. These two generated a lot of heat and I enjoyed the scenes that focused on the physical side of their relationship.

A quick side note, I'm not entirely sure where the renovating the hospital aspect in the blurb came from as that didn't come up at all unless you count Charlie's donation to the hospital for assisting in maintaining his low profile while in recovery.

Ultimately, Healing the Quarterback didn't work for me as well as the previous book in the series and I'm hopeful the final book will be more enjoyable.

We have what most like: Cowboy/Quarterback falls ahrd for Doc who whats nothing to do with him mentally but physically that is another deal.

a good fast read.

A good read, if a bit far fetched. This is a novella, so you don't get a lot of character development, but it was well written as always with Leslie North's stories. I felt like I wanted more to the Andrew storyline.

This book is book 2 in a series and I think I liled it even more than book 1. This book introduces two brand new characters who were never seen before so it is a standalone. The first part of the story starts when Charlie and Dylan meet at a football game. It is also the game that changes Charlie's life as he is injured.

The two end up in the same town after his injury and she is the doctor who has to whip him into shape. He lusts for her and so begins a forbidden type of romance. I really liked both main characters. Dylan is a strong woman and Charlie falls hard for her. The whole dr/paient thing is never really this big thing. Its a sweet, short and fun book with no real big issues and the story is about them falling in love.

Charlie is an arrogant ass. Dylan has a problem in the beginning even liking him. Then she starts to see past the arrogance and gets to know him after being forced to work closely with him. I guess she's a bigger person than I am, I wouldn't be able to get over his ego.