Private Practice - Book Review

By Samanthe Beck

Synopsis

He’ll teach her how to bring a man to his knees…

Dr. Ellie Swan has a plan: open her practice in tiny Bluelick, Kentucky, so she can keep an eye on her diabetic father, and make hometown golden-boy Roger Reynolds fall in love with her. But Ellie has a problem. Roger seeks a skilled, sexually adventurous partner, and bookish Ellie doesn’t qualify.

Tyler Longfoot only cares about three things: shaking his bad boy image, qualifying for the loan his company needs to rehab a piece of Bluelick’s history, and convincing Ellie to keep quiet about the “incident” that lands him on her doorstep at two a.m. with a bullet in his behind.

The adorable Dr. Swan drives a mean bargain, though. If sex-on-a-stick Tyler will teach Ellie how to bring a man to his knees, she’ll forget about the bullet. Armed with The Wild Woman’s Guide to Sex and Tyler’s lessons, Ellie is confident she can become what Roger needs…if she doesn’t fall for Tyler first.

Review

I’m going to start by saying that for a novella, this one took me a long time to finish. I had trouble engaging with the story and while I liked Tyler, I couldn’t connect with Ellie, who I found to be too clinical and naive. I was confused as to why I wasn’t enjoying this book because I’ve read books from this author before and loved them. My confusion lifted when I read the acknowledgment at the end which states that this was the author’s debut novel. Because this debut novel dates back to 2013, I’m not going to go into great detail with my review. I will say that PRIVATE PRACTICE is told in dual POVs and is the first book in the Private Pleasures series. I will also say that despite not enjoying this book, I know for a fact that her stories have improved, so I would gladly read from this author again.