ER doctor Connor has been divorced for 2 years, learning how to juggle single fatherhood with his demanding career. Violet hasn’t been in town for long, but she has had a crush on Connor since she met him. As a nurse in the ER, they work alongside each other often, but it isn’t until they are set up as dates to his brother’s wedding (to her friend) that the sparks begin to fly.

This was a good solid read. I enjoyed the play between them as their relationship developed, but there were a few times their communication skills threw me for a loop. But this was full of real life moments between two busy professionals. Add in raising teenagers and an ex in the wings and there was plenty of drama to keep things interesting.

I loved the more mature aspects of this age gap relationship. Parts of their communication I felt like were played up and possibly resulted from that gap, but the gap itself didn’t feel insurmountable because of a major detail about Violet’s past. It was nice to not be focused on the same issues that crop up in one’s 20s (except for that period of time where Connor was taking dating advice from his much younger brother), and the addition of fitting in with Connor’s boys added another element to the relationship.

This was a wonderful workplace, single dad romance with an age gap thrown in for good measure. The Daniels brothers are a hoot and Connor’s story continued the expectation I developed during Getting Played, but all the books in this series stand along perfectly. There’s only 1 single Daniels brother left and I hope he gets a story too -- based on his dating advice I’m pretty sure he needs a new playbook!