The book follows Pippa and Luke, two individuals with guarded hearts due to their pasts. Pippa finds solace in a brief encounter with Luke during her teenage years, but they reunite years later when Luke becomes a temporary trauma surgeon at her hospital. Despite rumors surrounding Luke's past, they are drawn to each other, leading to a month-long fling. As they grow closer, they confront their emotional barriers and past traumas. The narrative also explores a medical case that impacts their perspectives on life and love. Ultimately, they must decide if they can let down their walls and embrace the possibility of a future together.

Good book about two people whose pasts have caused them to put up walls around their hearts. The book opens with a prologue in which Pippa seeks peace from her family circumstances in the school library. Her older sister is dying of cystic fibrosis, and her parents spend all of their time and emotional energy on Julia, all but ignoring Pippa. She felt overlooked, unloved, and like an outsider, causing her to erect walls and depend only on herself. When she was sixteen, she had a brief respite from those feelings during a one-hour conversation with Luke Harris, the school's head boy. Handsome, charming, and the subject of many crushes, Luke listened to Pippa and shared some of his own trials, making a lasting impression on her.

Fourteen years later, Pippa works as a pediatric nurse and is stunned to find that Luke is the new temporary trauma surgeon. He is the subject of a lot of gossip surrounding his time at another London hospital where he is believed to have had an affair with a married nurse. Luke is drawn to Pippa from the moment he meets her. She seems familiar, but he can't figure out why. I ached for Pippa and how it made her feel overlooked again.

Luke has a reputation for having frequent, short-term affairs. Because of his father's infidelities, Luke doesn't believe that love lasts. At the same time, Pippa has never had a successful, long-term relationship. Unable to deny their attraction, Luke and Pippa agree to a month-long fling. Neither expects the closeness that grows between them as their walls slowly begin to crumble. I liked how Luke started understanding what makes Pippa tick and is there for her during tough times. He is also surprised to find himself telling her things he's never shared with anyone else. But can either of them let down their walls far enough to believe they have a chance together? Luke's big moment at the end was terrific.

One of the medical cases that Luke and Pippa are involved with goes a long way to helping Luke and Pippa see their lives from a different perspective. I ached for this family and what they went through. I also loved the example they set, especially for Pippa. She has a brief confrontation with her mother, but we never see anything come of it. I'm still pretty disgusted with Luke's father, too.

As far as romance novels go, this is one of the better one's I've read in the last little while. Admittedly, I don't read the medical series of Harlequin very often, but I'm glad I read this one.

The engaging part of this book is that the two main characters have these such compelling backstories, and that drives both their internal motivations and the plot along in a great way. In particular, I really enjoyed the story of the female protagonist, Pippa. Her story of being overlooked and ignored her entire life by her family was so heart-breaking.

The relationship was a great one to explore, and honestly, felt very natural. The scenes together were sizzling, but mature.

At first, I felt like we were spending a bit too much time on the medical aspect of their lives and their patience (and to some degree, I still feel that way on certain aspects). But the lessons they learned from observing this one family in particular paid off well for both characters growth, so I'm okay with it in the end.

My only critique is that, for both of them, there was a lot of story and build-up about their families and the effect they had on them, and I felt somewhat cheated of a resolution on all of that. We are told of, but didn't see, his confrontation with his father. We got a hint of confrontation with her mother, but no follow-up on the fall-out or anything that came from that except a brief, neatly-tied up paragraph at the end that kind of made me mad (because honestly, I would have completely closed them off from my life). Given that this was such a major part of their character, to kind of rush it out at the end felt meh, as I would have loved to see that play itself out given the build up. We got more resolution for the patients family, which had relatively minimal impact on them compared to their own family.

But that aside, I would strongly recommend this story. The author is a strong writer and story teller.

This was a fantastic medical romance. I liked the plot and the characters were a lot of fun. Very much recommend this book.

One Month To Tame the Surgeon is a well written romance. Good plot and character dynamics. I recommend this book. I received an advance ebook from the publisher and Netgalley. This is my unbiased review.

This story kept getting better and better. Many heartwarming and heart-breaking moments as it neared the end. The couple had some growing to do. Thanks to the publisher for providing a copy via NetGalley. My review is voluntary.

I enjoyed this medical romance. I think it’s nice to have something ground the romance. Appreciated the strong MFC.

Thanks Net Galley for the temporary ARC to review.

I dislike friends who cancel plans on me last minute for a significant other. She told him that she was meeting friends and that she was busy. He wanted to do something for her birthday. She caved. I really dislike that.

This didn’t give me butterflies and unicorns kinda vibe. (I’m only talking about the romance part)
I don’t know what about this story made me unhappy with the relationship, but I was not rooting for this couple with all of my being.

Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin romances for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.