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I am a voracious reader and have been trying to be more careful about how much money I spend a month on Kindle books. I've opened the credit card bill to find three digit figures many times, so I try to mix in some Kindle Unlimited selections and be mindful of the budget. I certainly have my favorite authors and purchase from them when they have a new release, but again, I try to search the KU list when I'm just looking for something new.
Okay, so here's my problem. Radclyffe has a huge list of publications, and typically when I read a book that I REALLY like, it makes me want to read the author's other works. It's not that I haven't read a Radclyffe book before; I absolutely love the Rivers Family Romances and own the 4 she has thus far published. It's an excellent series, but I've restrained myself from going further down the rabbit hole of wanting to devour all her works. That is, until I stumbled upon this book. I saw that it had over 90 Kindle reviews with a 5 star result. That's pretty big. I started reading the reviews claiming this may have been her best work, and I had no choice but to check it out. I have to say I agree with those claims and now I'm hooked to check out NIGHT CALL because it's supposed to be next in the series. I absolutely loved the characters in FATED LOVE, so now I'm going to read the next book just to get a mention of them, though I'm sure I'll fall in love with the characters in the next book as well. There goes my budget.


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Fated Love Radclyffe 9781933110059 Books Reviews

This soap opera follows two hot doctors who fall in love amidst life in a busy ER.

Quinn Maguire is the sexy black-haired, blue-eyed butch and ER newcomer. Despite being a mere 28, she's a rising-star surgeon who somehow *ends up* in the ER.

Honor Blake (early 30s?) is Quinn's ER boss, a beautiful brown-haired femme with a sharp mind, uncanny medical instincts, and a wedding ring on her finger. She suspects a catch like Quinn in the ER trenches is probably based on some kind of misconduct and doesn't exactly welcome her with open arms.

This lays the groundwork for some resistance, despite the attraction between these two. Needlesstosay, there is plenty of sexual tension.

The power play is minimal so if you're entertaining fantasies about having a hot boss who lusts for you but shows it by being mean to you (heh heh)... well, Radclyffe doesn't quite run with that one as much as she could have. These characters are just too nice to go there. But the idea is still there, somewhat.

This also isn't a story about a cheating spouse, so don't be put off by the wedding ring.

This is a very sappy love story. But hey, sappy can be pretty juicy to indulge in if it's well-done and you're in the mood... and this one will keep you turning pages. It is about loss, grieving, and living with all the uncertainties of life. But it's also a story about family and friendships and renewal. These two characters both come to the table with issues of the heart and they both seem to hold what the other needs to heal. In this way, they seem made for each other at this particular point in time.

It is a very well-written story on the whole. Despite sappy and a bit over the top with family values and how to talk to/treat your kid and such, Radclyffe knows how to bring her characters to life and make you care for them. Her magic is in the details and how these everyday encounters can be so full of emotion and characterization.

What's more, Radclyffe's background as a surgeon allows her to create a very realistic medical setting and all the drama is consequently plausible and interesting.

Negatives? Well I've read she does like a certain kind of formula in her work. I don't think Radclyffe ever writes depressing endings or permits them much at Bold Strokes Books (where she is the prez). But then who needs those? We have plenty in our literary history and it's refreshing to have so many options for positive characters and endings. I can definitely see some common characters/storyline threads already in what I've read from her, but so far I don't mind. I mean, I watched the series House for years before it got tired... and that show is formula galore. But the writing and characters were just too awesome and we just love that formula and are addicted to that formula, so who cares. It's kinda like that. KINDA. I can't say Radclyffe gets it right every time... but she sure hit the spot with this one.

However, I wonder if all of her stories favor making her butch the most appealing and sexy character. I would have liked to see more descriptions of Honor Blake that highlighted her femininity. I did enjoy seeing the contrasts in the way Quinn and Honor were created though. Quinn is butch, athletic, and great with her hands, but Honor maintained quite a bit of dominance between them. Quinn was just a little too nice for me... it would have been more intriguing to see her more aggressive in some scenes. I think the author actually tried, but she just came off as passive.

Radclyffe does have a very sexy imagination. She adds a very generous dose of sexual tension and actual sex... it's a nice balance to sappy, sappy, and more sappy, lol.

But sometimes her sexual descriptions are a tad vague and I had to reread to visualize something... and not just in this book. And I just don't know about the thigh sex, lol... I don't think this position plays out as well in books as it does in person... when you're like 13 and puberty is in full swing and you're aroused by anything, lol. Hmm... at some point, I, for one, would like her to drop in a few strap on play dynamics to change things up a bit.

I also have to say a few synonyms for *husky* (as in husky voice, which these characters constantly have) would do wonders in seducing my ears... Radclyffe does seem to have some favorite vocabulary here... same holds true for fist, jolt, quizzically... but then I'm just one of those close readers who stops to notice and appreciate word choice.

I think Radclyffe could have done a better job with both Mandy and Phyllis. Sometimes her secondary characters seem present for one superficial purpose and don't get the complexity and originality they deserve from a writer like Radclyffe (just noticed the same thing for Mae in Innocent Hearts). Mandy was just ridiculous and embarrassing and I sorta questioned Radclyffe's ability to develop really femmy characters who don't turn out to be caricatures or drag-like. And she could have done better at the more toned-down femmes... like Honor, who is clearly NOT butch but was almost always dressed in t-shirts, polos, and cargo shorts. I saw her as much more womanly, feminine, and classy for that attire (hey, she is the boss!)... and someone like Quinn is going to like those more feminine things. I guess some romance writers seem to write best in what gender they identify or idealize of themselves (hence the hot butches you love in her stories).

And if I were really going to get critical, I'd pick at the writer`s choice to develop such ethics in these people when it comes to family and friends... but they all sure cross lines professionally, lol.. Vice-principal Phyillis and the Art teacher, Mandy's creepy flirtations with clients at work, and of course our hot boss, Honor, and her thing for a subordinate doc.

But I guess that's lez romance or light reading for you. I know you just have to suspend your disbelief when you are reading formulaic lesbian romances... so mostly these criticisms don't matter much and basically I just enjoyed the ride. I just have an over-analytical mind and notice these things even if I really enjoyed a book. I just put them aside.

It`s definitely a top-notch read in the world of lez fiction. It's probably a 4 star book if you dwell on the flaws... but since I really came to love these main characters overall and because it's one of the only books I happened to read while abroad (somehow everything seems better and more vivid when you're reading English in a foreign country and your mind is quiet), I just had fun with it and it's an easy 5 on my scale for fun reading.

I am just beginning to explore this author, but it's clear from what I've read so far and seen in other reviews that this writer is a star in the lez romance genre. Moreover, if you fall in love with her characters, she seems to like to give them cameos and bigger parts in some of her other works, so that seems to be a nice treat.

I'm looking forward to reading more of Radclyffe and revisiting Quinn and Blake in Night Call and Saxon Sinclair in Passion's Bright Fury.
What happens when a young trauma surgeon from New York City suddenly shows up at a Philadelphia Medical Center unable to follow her chosen career path . And what happened when the head of the ER unit finds out that the surgeon was hired with out her input
That is the background of the story of this excellently written book by Radclyffe
The characters are well rounded and personable.
They are emotional, sexy and very human drought with all the emotional feelings that any of us experience when starting on a new relationship fear,lust, uncertainty nervousness and finally a sense of calm when you know that these two people are right for each other!
Come along and find out what happens to Dr Honor Blake ER chief at PMC and Dr Quinn Maguire the trauma surgeon who can't operate
It was one of many Danielliel Steel books that I have read and it was one of the best. I was in love with Honor and Quinn. I was constantly hoping that they would get together. The closer they became the ore intrigeged I became and Arley was all for it. Each medical episoide with Quinn brought Quinn and Honor closer together. At the end I wanted more! It was a truely fantastic love story!!! I want more like it. A book you can't put down. Loved it!!
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I have read a fair share of books by Radclyffe, but this is the first stand-alone I have read. I would actually give it 3.5 stars. Perhaps because the genre has evolved considerably since this book was first published, it seemed a bit flowery and melodramatic to me. The story is told in the third person alternating between the points of view of the two main characters. The fact that these two women developed a "soul mate" kind of love, so quickly seemed far fetched to me even though this is typical for this genre. It could have been due to the heavy handed descriptive passages about their intense feelings, their inner monologues and the sex scenes. I did like each character and I thought they felt right for each other. I just think the book was a bit on the heavy-handed side. When Quinn finally does have an incident with her heart, it is so minor and resolved so quickly I felt like a real moment for drama was missed. Finally, when Honor did come around to a place where she could say that she loved Quinn, it felt abrupt and was part of a marriage proposal. I know it is sacrilege to give Radclyffe three stars, but I just wasn't wowed by this novel.
I am a voracious reader and have been trying to be more careful about how much money I spend a month on books. I've opened the credit card bill to find three digit figures many times, so I try to mix in some Unlimited selections and be mindful of the budget. I certainly have my favorite authors and purchase from them when they have a new release, but again, I try to search the KU list when I'm just looking for something new.
Okay, so here's my problem. Radclyffe has a huge list of publications, and typically when I read a book that I REALLY like, it makes me want to read the author's other works. It's not that I haven't read a Radclyffe book before; I absolutely love the Rivers Family Romances and own the 4 she has thus far published. It's an excellent series, but I've restrained myself from going further down the rabbit hole of wanting to devour all her works. That is, until I stumbled upon this book. I saw that it had over 90 reviews with a 5 star result. That's pretty big. I started reading the reviews claiming this may have been her best work, and I had no choice but to check it out. I have to say I agree with those claims and now I'm hooked to check out NIGHT CALL because it's supposed to be next in the series. I absolutely loved the characters in FATED LOVE, so now I'm going to read the next book just to get a mention of them, though I'm sure I'll fall in love with the characters in the next book as well. There goes my budget.