Thanks @Netgalley @Gallerybooks for giving me the chance to read this ebook.

I am a huge fan of Christina, and was excited to read this book!

The book is wow, good. Based in Washington, Emma is a physician, and her husband Nate is a detective. Sadly, their 5 yr old son is diagnosed with cancer. The drugs needed for their son, is not covered by insurance, so Emma gets involved in an illegal drug ring with her ex, Gabe. But her husband is investigating!!

The book is well written, keeps you on your toes, and of course it makes one think of how far a Mom will go to save their child.

Thrilling read!!!

Wow, was this book gives you all the feels! The blurred lines between helping your family versus doing no harm keeps you turning the pages. Then, when you get comfortable with the plot line there are more twists! This is a book I won't soon forget.

Thanks to Netgalley and Gallery Books for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Emma is a doctor at a clinic in a small town in Washington that is suffering from the opioid crisis. When her 5 year old son Josh needs a cancer treatment that insurance won’t cover, she starts selling signed scripts from the doctors in her clinic through her ex boyfriend Gabe. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to her, her detective husband, Nate, is investigating a drug ring with ties to her estranged brother.

This was a well written and researched book that I could not really get into. When I put it down, I wasn’t itching to pick it back up and it took me a whopping 9’days to finish it. I think I am just not that interested in parenting challenges or the opioid crisis even though the latter is timely subject matter. Because there is really nothing wrong with the book, I am giving it a 4 star. I liked this author’s last 2 books, so I will read more in the future.

LOVED this book. A bit sad as far as the ending goes, but definitely a wonderful and worthwhile read. Great characters, and you can almost feel their emotions as you read. Highly recommend

What a roller coaster ride. When Nate and Emma’s son Josh is diagnosed with leukemia, they are heartsick knowing they don’t have enough money to pay for experimental treatment. Nate, a police detective, turns his energy toward solving the drug problem in their town. Emma turns toward a darker solution. Thanks to NetGalley for allowing me to be an early reader in exchange for my review.

Wow! This book blew me away. How far would you go to save your child? What would you be willing to sacrifice? Emma is faced with this question when her son is diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.

She makes a risky choice to safe her son, but will the cost be too high?

This is another riveting tale by Christina McDonald that is a must read. It delves into opioid crisis that has gripped our country and begs to question what is the right and wrong thing to do for those in honest pain,and the lengths they will go to to eliminate that pain,

The ending took me my complete surprise but tied everything together rather neatly.

I am a avid Christina McDonald fan after this book since she has expanded the scope, and beauty of her writing.

One of the things I love about @christinamac79 is that her books are so different (in the best way)! I get so excited when I know she has a new book coming out as she is definitely one of my go-to’s! #donoharm made me stop and think about how far would I really go to save my family. I absolutely love this book!! This book hits the shelves February 16– Adding to the endless lists of reasons 2021 cannot get here soon enough!! Thank you to @netgalley and @gallerybooks for the #arc

How far would you go to save your child's life? Is there any line you would not cross?
That is the question posed in Christina McDonald's upcoming release. The simple answer is: I'd do anything! And, boy, does the drama unfold in such an expected manner in this thriller!

In true form, McDonald opens with a passage from one of her final chapters. I love this about her writing style - we immediately all become super sleuths, but ultimately it just messes with our mind throughout the whole story! In the first two pages, we learn almost immediately of a critical knife wound, but how do we get to this place?

Emma, a well-respected doctor, and her husband, Nate, a local detective, are dealt an explosive blow about the fate of their 5-year-old son, Josh. He's been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and the only treatment is more costly than they ever imagined. Faced with the unthinkable, Emma and Nate are forced to make choices no parent should ever have to make. Using her connections, Emma learns of an opportunity for quick cash. But can she hide her activities from her detective husband?

Overall, this was an okay read for me, but there was just a bit too much drama thrown in. Tragedy is expected, but poor Emma seems to have been dealt a crap hand in life. And as much as I feel for her, I had a very hard time liking her character. This one wasn't a homerun for me, but McDonald has a style that I will always love - and always read.

Do No Harm by Christina McDonald is a heart wrenching thriller surrounding a happy family of 3. The happiness turns to fear and motivation when kindergartner, Josh, is diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. How fat would you go to save your son? Excellent book.

Let start off that I loved everything about this book!
A stunning gut-punch of a suspense novel expertly merges the dangers of the opioid crises with a mother’s love, leaving us gasping for more. The author tackles the moral and ethical l’onestà crossed by a doctor desperate to save her child.
Heartbreaking, heart pounding read.
Would highly recommend this book!

Woah! This story gave me such a rush of thrill! I did not want to put it down. I don’t normally like to read advanced copies, too far in advance, but I love Christina’s books, so I knew this would be a really good one..

The scenes and the characters were so well described that I could see the story playing out in my head as I was reading.

Wow....an ending I did not see coming. I’m not sure if I love or hate Emma, mom to Josh and husband to Nate. What would you do to save your child. Most of us say we would do anything, but would we? Really good, and made me wonder what I would choose.

Emma had a traumatic life when she was a young teenager from being with her parents when they passed away in a car accident, to going into the foster care system to losing her brother to drugs and the life of crime. She learned never to take anything for granted, and to only depend on herself. Now, she is a doctor and she is married to the best man she could have hoped for Nate. Nate is a police officer in the hopes of solving a case to get a promotion to Lieutenant in the local precinct. They are on the up and up until the unthinkable happens Josh, her son, is diagnosed with an aggressive form of Leukemia that without an expensive treatment he is likely not to survive.
When faced with the situation of trying to come up with the financial side of paying for the treatment, and to top it off the treatment is not covered by their insurance. Facing the reality that she must save her son she enters a deal with her brother and a friend from the past selling prescriptions to attempt to cover the cost of her son's treatment. Then, Nate in an attempt to bring in more money to pay for Josh's treatment also takes on an Opiate case where people are overdosing on opiates on the street. Teaming up with another agency is the only way to solve the case and hope to make Lieutenant to bring in more money and better working hours. Both of the parents working on both sides of the law without the other one knowing will be the crash course waiting to happen!
Man oh Man! Christina did it again! She turned a case so heart wrenching and kept me on the edge of my seat! I literally kept putting the book down to breathe because I didn't want Emma to get caught and some of the twist oh my! This book shows a mother doing anything, putting everything on the line for her son. Definitely makes you wonder if everything is really just black and white with the law, if there is not some gray area. This book is heart wrenching, heart breaking, realistic, dramatic, full of lies, and determination to save one boy! I loved it and will read it again, definitely soo freaking good! If you love nail biting moments, close call moments, and amazing thrillers that make you question everything then this book is for you!

First, can we talk about the fact that Christina McDonald always has the best book covers? That alone always makes me want to read her books. After reading this book, her third, she’s officially an auto buy author for me. The synopsis for this one completely captured my attention. A doctor who starts selling opioids to fund a lifesaving treatment for her son. Oh, and she’s married to a police detective. I immediately requested it from NetGalley. After I got to the part of the story where she starts selling drugs the suspense began and didn’t let up. I was constantly questioning how Emma could possibly get herself out of this dangerous situation without any consequences and whether or not her husband would find out. There were heart-pounding moments and surprises (including one that was especially good).

This book explores the very real opioid epidemic and how dangerous that world is. How addiction is a terrible circle that affects those around the person as well. It sheds light on the reasons people start using drugs and eventually become trapped. It’s a thought-provoking story.

I wish I had loved this one as I’ve really enjoyed McDonald’s other books. This one was a miss for me. It was way too far fetched and the reader had to suspend disbelief one too many times. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read the ARC.

Christina McDonald can do no wrong. I love how she used current events as a catalyst for this story. I really enjoyed the narration, the alternating perspectives, and the character development was truly top notch. I will recommend this to everyone.

I love Christina Mcdonald as an author! I have read all of her books and every time I am pulled right in! Her character descriptions and stories make me feel for everyone in her books! This book, "Do No Harm" was no different! As a mom, it is easy to sympathize with Emma and understand wanting to do anything and everything to save your child but... and this is a big but, that is where my sympathy ends. No amount of sympathy makes doing seething illegal ok!
The Psychology 101 debate, "Does the end justify the means"?! This book took us through it and by the end, I didn't even care anymore. Emma became a person I didn't even like. She got what she deserved in the end (alone with no husband hooked on the drugs she was selling illegally) but I was almost unhappy she got her kid too! Idk?!!
I like when a book makes me think and question things, this book did that. I just didn't love the whole premise and the way it played out.
Read it, see what you think, do you root for Emma or loathe her at the end, like I did?

This book was a very emotional read and I won’t lie before the end I was crying. Emma is a doctor and her husband Nate is a Detective and they have a 5 year old son. As a doctor Emma took an oath to do no harm, but if your sons life is on the line, what would you do? This book was a roller coaster ride that I couldn’t put down . Thanks Netgalley for this ARC for my honest opinion.

Thank you to @netgalley, @gallerybooks, and @christinamac79 for the early gifted copy of Do No Harm, which publishes February 16, 2021!

What would you do if you signed an oath to do no harm, but your child’s life hung in the balance? Could you break that oath to save your child’s life?Emma is a doctor, happily married to her police detective husband, and their 5 year old son, Josh, has just been diagnosed with cancer. He needs a life saving treatment, but the financial costs are astronomical. In order to pay for the treatment, Emma secretly steps into the dark world of the opioid epidemic. She gets wrapped up in a web of lies, drugs, secrets, and murder. The lines of right and wrong are blurred as Emma fights to save her son.

I have been lucky to have had the opportunity to review early copies of all three of Christina’s novels so far, and her books keep getting better and better. I’ve loved her books so much, I don’t even need to read the synopsis—she’s just an auto-buy author for me now! Do No Harm is gripping and emotional, and I hung onto every last word. I very rarely cry when reading, and I CRIED near the end of this book. The opioid epidemic is terrifying, and this novel does a spectacular job highlighting the horrors families go through when touched by the epidemic. It opened my eyes to see the epidemic in a whole new light. Anyone is susceptible to this, and it’s terrifying. Do No Harm is one of the best books I have read this year, and you need to put it on your list for 2021!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! Great thriller that took me for a rollercoaster ride. I liked that it wasn't too predictable with the twists. The author made sure to add an extra umph that left me gasping. Overall great book as this is my first by her that the synopsis actually intrigued me, and thank you netgalley for my ARC in exchange for my honest review.