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Doctor's Orders

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This series has been nothing but a joy to read. The author has done a fine job of giving each sister not only her own story, but also their individual personalities nearly leap off the page.

With April there is the definite free spirit whose personality throws out colors as vivid as she is. The depiction of the differences between she and David was well-done, so much so that the divide that he'd shown to April throughout the story was heartbreaking at times. April's sweetness and patience was well written so that I was able to feel her compassion and empathy she'd shown towards David and his differences from hers.

All in all, the author continues to bring such individuality to her stories and characters which drives me to look forward to future stories.

This ARC book was complimentary, provided by the Publisher and NetGalley. I am voluntarily providing my honest review.

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Doctors orders is a cute romance about two people who couldn't be more different than each other. David has a set way of life and thanks to his past he's ready to move back to Seattle. New to town April has moved to be closer to her sisters and has found a place finally where she will be happy. However then straight laced doc and free spirited hippie are two people who shouldn't work. Its agood read and very enjoyable. I received this book in exchange for an honest review.

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I enjoyed stepping back into the world of Cherry Lake once again. April’s story is an enjoyable mix of family expectations and opposites attract. April has always been the dreamer of the family and she sees no reason to change herself for anyone else, including those she loves. Her return home to set up her own unique shop is a step towards her family finally seeing that she can make a plan and stick to it – but also a way to do that in her own unique style. She didn’t set out to fall in love with the uptight doctor next door but sometimes life gets complicated in all the right ways.

David is charming in a stuck in his own pothole way. He plays life safe. Maybe he has reasons to feel that he has to do that, but someone unique is going to have to come along to show him how to step out of his self-imposed safety zone and really live his life. And April is exactly the woman to do that with wit, charm, stubbornness and an attraction that even uptight David cannot deny for very long. Watching these two find their way to a happy ending was an enjoyable journey full of family. fun, issues, and laughter. I liked them both but together they lit up the sky. I would definitely recommend Doctor’s Orders to any Contemporary Romance reader, and encourage you go go check out the rest of the series. They are all enjoyable, interesting slice of life romances to get caught up in.

*I received an e-ARC of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley. That does not change what I think of this story. It is my choice to leave a review giving my personal opinion about this book.*

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Doctor's Orders is the third book in the Moore Sister Series. Ann B. Harrison gives April the dreamer, the scatterbrain of the family her very own HEA. She is not as scatterbrain as her father may think, more of creative personality who see potential in some many things. The doctor in question, David Morrison is a conservative, classics lover type of person. What matters most, their core values are similar. The opposite attracts trope work since the opposite is more in personality than beliefs.

April and David are engaging characters in a plot that is paced smoothly. The focus in on the couple but family plays a large part. As supporting characters, they round out the small-town story. There is also a small subplot going on with David’s mother. I found this to be pleasantly surprising. Doctor's Orders is a friendship to love as much as it is an opposite attraction story. It is also one of recovery from loss, and learning to risk love again.

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I guess I have been reading and reading and reading some more, because I was not familiar with this author and I did enjoy her so she goes on the list of people to read. I was a little bummed that I found out that this was the third in the series, I mean I still enjoyed but I hate coming in mid way, that being said we meet April, the youngest of the Moore sisters, she is the earth child or hippie as some say not a rule follower or someone who tends to have their act together. She opens up a flower-decorating store in Cherry Lake, and no one really believes she plans to stay and she is set out to prove it. Right next door is Dr. David who has taken his father's practice since his dad passed away, he and April are total opposites and that is one of the little things that bugged me not that they were opposites but that he continued to say how much they were and he was a "bachelor", you and I both now that does not stay that way...So my friends grab a copy and Enjoy!

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Enjoyed it
What I liked:
The writing style
The characters
Part of a series: The Moore Sisters of Montana
Standalone
HEA
Epilogue

I look forward to reading the other books in this series.

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April Moore is the youngest of the Moore sisters. She is a flighty, hippie chick who has decided to start a flower/decorating store in Cherry Lake. Dr. David Morrison has taken over his father’s medical practice in Cherry Lake after his father’s death. Their first meeting has them literally running into each other. Then, coincidentally, the shop and the medical office are next to each other and share their break room. David keeps telling anyone who will listen that he is a “confirmed bachelor”, and that he and April are just too different. April has decided that she needs to help David lighten up and enjoy life. This was a cute premise, but the characters fell a little flat for me. This is a cute PG rated romance. I was given an ARC this book by NetGalley for my honest opinion.

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Can opposites attract and stay together? That’s the premise of this novel and, since it’s a romance novel, you know the answer. April is described repeatedly as a hippy-looking chick. Apparently, she’s had trouble deciding what to do with her life, but now she’s settled by opening up a florist/gift/decorating store in a small town in Montana. There she meets the uptight doctor in the neighboring space, Dr. David Morrison.

David is still wounded from his former girlfriend and he doesn’t think that this colorful sprite of a woman is the one for him. But he’s still attracted to her. And she goes after him. She’s frank in telling him that she’s interested in seeing where their attraction can lead.

To tell the truth, I wasn’t all that interested in seeing where it could lead. Neither of the characters did much for me. I was just waiting for them to figure things out. I couldn’t help wondering if they would have been interested in each other if they didn’t have neighboring businesses and keep running into each other in this small town. It all gets wrapped up pretty quickly which was good because I didn’t find either of them interesting enough to care whether they worked it out or not.

I was given a free ARC of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

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