Two strangers, in a contemporary romance that started with this
A mechanical bull, a prize and then a New Year Kiss!
What a surprise when they discover
They're starting to work with each other!

As attraction grows in the ER
Is this a romance that'll go far?
Both are struggling because of their sister though
The reasons for this are very different - read it and you'll know.

This story deals with some difficult problems, it's true,
From coping with grief, family drama and life threatening illness, too.
Re-learning to live and to start anew
Somehow inspiring yourself - and others - to do.

A heartwarming read, which deals with fears,
Knowing when to help and how to deal with tears.
It is a story of looking a life from a different perspective and then
Being prepared to take risks with your heart to start again.

For my complementary copy of this book, I say thank you,
I throughly enjoyed reading it and this is my honest review.

New Year Kiss with His Cinderella is a quick read, but what it lacks in pages, it more than makes up for in emotion. Annie O'Neil tackles some big stuff in this medical romance, and as Carter and Avery work through their issues, I fell more and more in love with them as a couple. By the last part of the book, I was completely invested in this couple getting their happy ever after. The story is a great combination of fun and feels, and it's completely engaging from start to finish. A great way to spend a cold winter's night.

A química entre Carter e Avery fica muito evidente logo na primeira cena deles juntos, e eu gostei dessa tensão que ficou quando eles se reencontram. Ambos tem questões familiares que moldam suas vidas, Avery perdeu a irmã há quase dois anos, seus pais se mudaram para longe e ela está passando pelo luto basicamente sozinha. A perda da irmã a fez renunciar coisas que amava fazer, como cantar. Carter segue sua irmã pelo país, ela tem anemia falciforme, a mesma doença que levou a morte do pai deles, e ela vive a vida de forma imprudente, agora está presa e ele quer estar por perto caso algo aconteça com ela. Por esse motivo ele nunca pensa em criar raízes em nenhum lugar, mas os seus sentimentos por Avery estão cada vez mais fortes.

Gostei de como a autora mostrou como o luto da Avery modificou sua vida, e como resolveu a questão do Carter e sua irmã. Ela desenvolveu o romance deles de forma perfeita, as coisas não se atropelaram, e eu fiquei completamente presa nessa história. Essa foi a primeira vez que eu li um romance da coleção Medical Romance da Harlequin US, eu achei muito interessante que esses livros trazem o romance em meio ao mundo médico, e gostaria que chegasse ao Brasil em algum momento.

Avery is a nurse and she gets the kiss of her life when the ball drops at New Year's. Although she is sure to never forget the kiss, she certainly never expected to meet the sexy tranger again. However, when Dr. Carter shows up in her ER, those strong feelings soon will not be able to be denied. However, they both have baggage and despite their super strong attraction, one that simply cannot be denied, Carter has very sensitive circumstances that pretty much negates any chance at a happy ending between them. Avery has her own issues and it is those very issues that led to her first meeting with Carter.

How can the pair deal with their attraction on a professional level while at the hospital, all while navigating difficult personal circumstances? That is what readers will discover in this highly emotional story. In fact, it was the story that was secondary to the brewing romance that really snagged my attention. I love how this story dealt with serious illness as well as family drama, and how everything was able to be resolved in a more than believable manner. This is one of those stories where it was more than easy to become emotionally invested in the characters. This sensitive medical romance was an excellent first book in what promises to be an endearing series.

Many thanks to Harlequin Medical Romance and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.

Avery Whittacker is on a mission on New Year's Eve to win the money in the bull riding competition. When a handsome, strange man approaches as she is riding, Avery is distracted and falls off the bull. She is still in the lead but she is not happy. When the handsome stranger introduces himself as Carter Booth and offers to win the money for her, she is even more mad. Carter quickly realizes this as he is riding the bull and manages to just fall off a few seconds before Avery's time. Avery realizing what Carter did ends up giving him a kiss at midnight as a thank you and the kiss rocks both of their worlds.

Imagine Avery's surprise when she is introduced to the new Dr. on the hospital staff....Dr. Carter Booth! These two are both surprised to see the other but at the same time are both reliving that sizzling kiss until pretty soon these two can't keep their hands off of each other. Everything seems perfect except for the fact that because of things going on in his life with his sister, he ends up having to move constantly to another town so he never wants to commit to anything serious. For once in his life he may have found something worth sticking around for.

I enjoyed this sweet hospital romance. Carter and Avery were both characters that were easily likeable. It was also interesting learning about some of the medical things that were talked about in the book.

A mechanical bull and a kiss were enough to tie the hearts of Carter and his beautiful Cinderella Avery.

Carter has a wandering life so he doesn't get attached easily to any place and even less to a person but after exchanging a chilling kiss with sweet Avery he starts to have feelings that he hadn't experienced before.

Avery needs money to fulfill her sister's dream but she never imagined that taming a mechanical bull would lead her to exchange the best kiss of her life.

They both have a pain they can't get out of their chest, but will they be able to overcome their sadness together?

I love romances that are sweet, light and at the same time complex, this book brings it all and a little more with a message about knowing how to fight for what you love, protecting and caring for those you love and knowing how to recognize love.

I loved the interaction between the couple and the way the writer knew how to make me connect and root for the couple in addition to sighing a lot with exchange of affection between them.

5/5 stars

This book was ok. I found it dragged a bit for me.
I don't usually read these medical romances from Harlequin though and those are usually a hit or miss for me.

New year kiss with his cinderella by Annie O'Neil.
Nashville ER, Book 1.
When Dr. Carter shares a New Year kiss with a captivating stranger, he doesn’t expect a reunion. Until he walks into Saint Dolores’ ER the very next day…and discovers she’s his new colleague! Akwardly, their smoking-hot attraction hasn’t gone away! But for Carter life has meant he simply can’t lay down roots. Yet, there’s something about Nurse Avery and Nashville that’s starting to really feel like home…
A good read with likeable characters. Didn't have any favourites. I did like the ending. 4*.

This is a spicy romance with a lot of heart. Carter and Avery have instant chemistry that leaps from the page and it is perfectly balanced with the emotional side of their relationship. Both of them have heartbreaking pasts and sisters who have greatly impacted their lives. The emotional connection was the most swoon worthy part of the story and I enjoyed seeing them make it work. I believe this is also my first Medical Romance and I wasn’t expecting to like that aspect of the story as much as I did. It reminded me a lot of an episode of Chicago Med so if you enjoy that show then you might want to pick this book up. The first chapter takes place on New Year’s Eve so it’s also the perfect book to pick up tomorrow for a quick and steamy read.

I was provided a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest and fair review.

I signed up to participate in this blog tour post for this month's Harlequin blog tour and I thought this book sounded interesting so I signed up to read it. I liked some pieces of this book, but I have to say I didn't love it. It was my first medical romance and I definitely liked that aspect of it and trying something new. I just couldn't really get into the plot or the characters emotionally and the book ended up kind of dragging for me. I still think it's interesting and is worth the read but it wasn't my favorite.

E vamos com uma história que começa com um beijo no ano novo? Apenas AMO!



Carter chega a Nashville e se encanta com uma garota que estava em cima de um touro. Quando a garota cai, ele propõe um desafio: se ele conseguir ganhar o dinheiro da aposta do touro ela lhe dará um beijo em troca do prêmio. Avery so queria completar o dinheiro para dar entrada na casa dos seus sonhos e quando um estranho cowboy sexy segurando uma guitarra propõe ajudar, bem digamos que ela não o rejeita. Depois de trocaram um beijo avassalador, nenhum deles esperava ver o outro novamente. Até que Avery chega ao trabalho e encontra o cowboy sexy: ele é nada menos que o Dr. Carter, o novo médico da emergência onde ela trabalha como enfermeira. A atração entre eles fica cada vez mais forte, porém Carter deixa claro que não pode criar raízes, pois sua passagem por Nashville depende da saúde da irmã que está presa. Ele vai para onde ela for, isso significa que todas as vezes que ela é transferida de prisão, ele vai atrás. Eles decidem fazer algo sobre esse desejo e se tornarem amigos com certos benefícios, mas fica cada vez mais claro que os sentimentos que dividem são muito mais do que desejo.



Esse livro tem tudo que eu amo! Mocinho leal e com problemas de infância, uma mocinha ferida e um amor inesperado. A autora soube trabalhar muito bem esse enredo e foi muito legal torcer para a Avery e para o Carter.



Avery já sofreu tanto, quando sua irmã morreu de câncer ela perdeu também os avós, que morreram logo depois e os pais dela (que são adotivos) não viram motivos para ficar e decidiram ir embora e viver viajando. Avery ficou sozinha com sua dor e mergulhou no trabalho, ela desistiu de sonhos e planos e se afundou na tristeza. Agora quando ela conhece Carter, começa a viver novamente e mesmo sabendo que não deve se apaixonar, ela acaba encontrando nele um porto seguro.



Carter, por sua vez, é aquele mocinho que tenta sempre fazer a coisa certa e que uma prioridade: manter a irmã viva. Só que as coisas começam a mudar quando ele conhece Avery, a enfermeira entra em seu coração. Porém, ele fez uma promessa e não pode ficar com ela.



O romance dos dois vai evoluindo e você fica torcendo para o Carter ficar e mudar de ideia, pois a Avery merece alguém que fique com ela. Eu amei como a autora construiu o desfecho dessa história e pretendo sim ler o segundo volume dessa duologia.

It started out as an innocent kiss on New Year’s Eve and turned out to be something much more than that. Nurse Avery Whitacker is shocked when she walks into the ER the next day and there is the man she kissed on New Year’s. Dr. Carter is just as stunned as Avery.

Avery is dealing with the grief of losing her sister to cancer, while Carter is dealing with his sister who has her own illness. Despite their emotional problems, the two of them are very much attracted to each other. The air sizzles when they are in the same vicinity. Unfortunately, neither of them can put aside their personal issues and find their own happiness.

This is the perfect emotional read for this time of year. Both main characters are likeable. Their internal battles are realistic. My heart tore for both of them. I could totally understand their motivation and I was cheering for them until the end.

It’s a story with real-to-life situations and it pulls on the heartstrings.



FTC Disclosure: I voluntarily reviewed a free Advance Reader Copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are my own.

Better Than Described. The actual second meeting of our lead couple is actually much better than described here - they meet on New Year's Eve night randomly at a mechanical bull ride, share a magical moment there as the clock winds down on the year, then the next day, the narrative focus is on her at work when a bunch of newbies are introduced... including the man she kissed at midnight and thought she'd never see again. Yes, this is a dual narrative tale, and it absolutely works here. Both of our leads are caring medical professionals with deeply troubling (and very real) issues outside of the hospital, and the drama here is fairly tight. As is typical with much of the genre, this does include a few sex scenes, so the clean/ sweet crowd... eh, this probably won't be for you. For everyone else... those scenes are fairly well done. Enough to get the pulse racing without being *too* problematic if someone sees/ hears what you're reading. ;) Overall a solid romance featuring great, Hallmarkie type characters. Very much recommended.