Tiffany is a radiologist who is asked to interview a new resident. This resident makes a bad first when Tiffany is presenting. Ethan is a resident who wants to escape to new hospital. This both is a dual pov from young Tiffany to current day Tiffany. As well as being a forced proximity romance. This book had some moments of suspense. It was nice to read a different type of romance to my normal book choices.

Dr. Ethan Clark is on a mission to thaw the icy exterior of his fellow radiology resident, Dr. Tiffany Hart. He’s a people-pleaser to the core and just wants her to feel safe and she has a secret, mysterious past preventing her from falling for him. Their story is told in dual-point-of-view with a timeline of present and past and is way more than a workplace, medical rom-com…I was pleasantly surprised by the added suspense and intrigue to the plot line when Tiffany’s past collides with her present. (Also, there is fantastic dialogue/banter between the two main characters…”You’re no ice-Queen, you’re pure fire” is just so perfect!) I appreciate that the author offers two versions of this book: a closed-door and slow-burn with some spice.
4.25 stars

I was pleasantly surprised by this book, and I’ve come to realise I like suspense in my romance stories.

If you like a slow burn with forced proximity, reverse grumpy/sunshine and dual timelines this book is for you.

The build up between Tiffany and Ethan is gradual as they are forced to spend time together due to their work commitments. It’s during these times they learn about each other’s fears and vulnerabilities.

Both characters were well developed, and I enjoyed the dual timeline between the present and Tiffany’s past. As I got closer to the end of the book I wanted to stay longer in the past as the suspense was killing me to find out what happened.

The book does end on a satisfying note but does have a few loose ends which I believe will be explored in future books.

Overall, this is a sweet story, with a golden retriever MMC (who also has a black belt in karate) who proves to the MFC that it’s okay to trust and let people in.

Thank you to Netgalley and Victory Editing for this arc in exchange for an honest review.

This is my 2nd book of Melissa's that I have read. I loved the idea of having a story based around the life of medical Drs and having the medical lingo in the book 100% accurate. However I found it extremely hard to get into the story. The connection between the FMC, Tiffy and the MMC Ethan really seemed forced. That spark that readers are looking for between the pages within the characters is missing. I read the open door/spicy version of the book but the spi e level is probably only a 2/5 and would not be considered a spicy book to me. Overall I gave this a 3 star because the story was ok but the characters connections feel flat for me.
Thanks you NetGalley for the eARC.

I was so excited to read this book because I work with resident physicians for a living and it didn't disappoint. I love the characters and the plot. The story flowed well even though at times I felt it was a tad too long.
I would definitely read more by this author.

This review is of the spicy/open-door version of Paging Dr. Hart. I loved it! It was so well written and it flowed along so smoothly. I loved the language and vocabulary used, new terms and expressions for things I hadn’t seen before with none of the cliched terms or sentiments being used. A few times I laughed at the sheer sass of Tiffany and her cutting wit. I firmly believe in Ethan’s hypothesis of the second dessert stomach and have always known that was the case! The name of a second feline in the book is a nickname my husband and I have used for each other for years, also replacing the ‘anni’ in anniversary with that name so I laughed out loud at that! The unknown/mystery element of it was sprinkled throughout, with the only clues being glimpses of Tiffany’s past alongside the present, slowly letting us into the fold of her past. Superbly written, great storyline and characters - I really enjoyed it. Now I’m going back through to look for 10 things to win a prize! Binge-worthy read, couldn’t wait to get the kids to bed so I could keep reading!

Holy moly, I love this book!!!! Thank you so much for this arc NetGalley!!

The suspense, the romance, the way he falls so hard first. I am obsessed

Read if you love
🌷 dual timeline
🌷 he falls first & hard
🌷 forced proximity
🌷 both doctors
🌷 suspense/mystery
🌷 no third act breakup

Romance, suspense, education nerd, Disney…I was hooked from the start! Tiffany’s character was hard not to relate to, to sympathize with. And Evan, how could you not fall in love with Evan. From the moment he was introduced I couldn’t help but root for him and the hopeful love connection with Tiffany.

This book leaves you wanting to know more of the story and I cannot wait for Dymond to write the next one.

Oh for the love of slowburnsss..
Funny, sweet, steammy! A grumpy cat-lady and a golden retriever man. Good chemistry... And everyone has a dark side...
This book hit me right in the feelings 💙
It was a very interesting background story for Tiffy which I really liked! Totally got me hooked. And I'm a big fan of the unperfect grumpy woman!
Could have used a little more spice, but mainly because it was sooo well written!

Thanks to Dr. Melissa Dymond for this book!!!

“Paging Dr. Hart” centers around Tiffany Hart, who is battling her fears of abandonment, while actively pushing people away to avoid the pain of loss. She is drowning in debit, and hoping to win an award at the hospital she works at that comes with a hefty cash bonus, when Ethan Clark enters her life. As a third-year radiology resident at Mercy Hospital, Tiffany is dedicated to her career. Ethan Clark, the Chief Resident at Highview Hospital in Cleveland, is in his second year of internal medicine and applying for a radiology residency at Mercy Hospital.

In their first encounter Ethan embarrasses Tiffany during a lecture, and ruins any chance of her winning the award and bonus shes seeking. Which initially sparks her resolve to despise him. Circumstances force them to work closely together, challenging Tiffany to step out of her comfort zone and towards personal growth. Ethan is ,obviously, instantly smitten, while Tiffany fiercely resists his flirtatious nature and good looks, determined to keep her guard up at every turn.

This book is told in a dual timeline set in both the past and present. The story, while intriguing, often felt a little disjointed. The transitions between Tiffany's gritty Vegas childhood and her current life as a radiologist lacked fluidity, making it hard to see how the timelines would eventually intersect. Despite these issues, the plot surrounding Tiffany's secretive past was interesting, though it sometimes stretched the bounds of believability.

Ethan and Tiffany's relationship had its cute moments, especially while they shared housing. Ethan, has Golden Retriever energy in spades. The romance, marketed as enemies-to-lovers, felt more like one sided moderate dislike to lovers.

The title, and cover, are a little misleading. If you think you’re getting a medical suspense romcom style read, this isn’t it. While their professions are based in the medical field there isn’t much about this that reads like a medical suspense novel, and while there’s witty banter the heavy undertones take away from the romcom feel. It’s more of a domestic suspense with a dash of romance. A significant portion of the book is dedicated to Tiffany's backstory, which, while crucial, could have been condensed. This would have allowed for more development in the present-day chapters, where the romance between Tiffany and Ethan could have been fleshed out better. Or possibly adding more characters in between the chapters from her past to allow room for more banter and growth between the two.

Some of the supporting characters, like Mr. Chen, had so much potential but were slightly underdeveloped. The plot also included some far-fetched elements, such as a person from Tiffany's past haunting her in an implausible manner. Hasn’t seen her in years, but finds her easily walking around Disney World looking for her? The inclusion of a QR code in the middle of the book was jarring, and the ending a little strange.

Despite its flaws, the book had a lot of potential, and parts of the story were well written, and easily suck you in. I look forward to seeing the author grow and develop in future works. I would recommend this book to those looking for a quick summer read, who enjoy domestic suspense with a dash of romance.

Thank you to NetGalley and Victory Editing for providing me with the ARC in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Paging Dr. Hart is a medical romance novel with a suspenseful plot. Dr. Tiffany Hart is a successful radiologist with a difficult and traumatic past, who meets Dr. Ethan Clark, a family legacy doctor who is the ultimate golden retriever MMC. Ethan and Tiffany are forced to work together, to travel together, and their relationship develops from there. There are also flashback chapters from when Tiffany was growing up. It gives context as to why Tiffany acts the way she does and how guarded she is around people.

I enjoyed this book but I felt that it was perhaps a bit too short to flesh out all of the elements that the author was including. The callbacks to the past felt like they were sped through and didn't feel fully developed when they were in the present. The conflict(s) resolved a bit too quickly and easily for my liking.

I enjoyed the Disney elements as a Disney lover myself! Was fun to be able to actually imagine the characters there.

I really really enjoyed reading this book! The story has a dual timeline of Tiffany's past and present life. The characters are so well developed, I need Ethan in my life!! I like the fact that the author made two versions (spicy and closed door). The reason that I gave it 4 stars and not 5 is because I thought that there would be more about the medical related things. I highly recommend this book and I'm really excited for her other books. Also the illustrations in this book are so pretty?? A reason more to read it!
Thank you Netgalley and Victory Editing NetGalley Co-op for this arc.

"𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘴. 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨."

In essence, Paging Dr. Hart is two storylines combined into one, which come together beautifully at the end. Tiffany's childhood and her current life are two parallel timelines. Tiffany is a survivor, and I was so moved by the chapters that revealed her past. She has to learn to open her heart throughout the book, and Ethan assists her in doing so. We gradually learn about Tiffany's anxieties and insecurities as we flip back and forth between the present and the past.

The suspense and romance between them captivated me from the very first page. The characters are well-developed; Tiffany and Ethan couldn't be more different from one another, yet they work so well together! Although a touch insecure, Tiffany is incredibly endearing. while, even though Ethan occasionally comes across as a little arrogant, he is the epitome of what a golden retriever should be! In addition to being fantastic, the supporting cast members greatly enhance the plot; Melanie is my personal favourite. Even though Tiffany makes a lot of effort to push Melanie out of her life, Melanie remains a wonderful friend to Tiffany from the start! I highly recommend this book if you want some black cat/ golden retriever vibes.

The only thing I could find fault with the book, given how deeply engrossed I was in it, was that there were so many unanswered questions at the end. It left me feeling a little let down and desirous of more! It's good that the author created two versions—one with spice/open door and another for close door lovers—so that everyone could enjoy themselves. Very clever!

Dr Tiffany Hart is known as 'Ice Queen's at the hospital where she works. Deep down she keeps people at arms' length rather than risk being hurt or left behind. She grew up in difficult circumstances and has done her best to leave her past behind her and focus on her career.

This all changes when Ethan Clark joins the team. He's confident, attractive and kind but she's determined not to like him. They're constantly thrown together at work and they are drawn to each other despite Tiffany's attempts to keep Ethan at arms' length. Just when things start to look promising, Tiffany's past raises it's head and she's terrified of losing Ethan when he finds out the truth about who she really is.

This workplace, slow-burn romance between Tiffany and Ethan was a fun story to read, especially if you enjoy 'dislike to lovers' stories, with a little bit of mystery and suspense thrown in. I understand further books are going to be written about some of the back stories in this book. A great read for those of us who enjoy a light-hearted romance.

I love that 10% of the proceeds of the sale of this book will be donated to lung cancer research ❤️

This book had me hooked from the beginning! It was actually so hard to put it down- The writing style was sooo good and I loved the flashbacks. Those peaks into Tiffany’s past life were everything. All the characters were so well thought out and written- I would love to hear more about Shelly though, in the end. It was just a perfect, late night read. This book was much more than a romance. It was a book about self-forgiveness, achieving your goals despite everything and growth. It is a book I’ll be thinking about for a while.

Thank you to NetGalley and the author for an eArc.

This book had me on an emotional rollercoaster in the best way. The suspense was so good I audibly gasped at parts.

I liked how it alternated between present day Tiffany and past Tiffany throughout her younger years so you could see her character development and what has lead her to becoming the woman she is today.

Ethan is just the sweetest cinnamon roll MMC who wants to love and protect Tiffany... swoon.

It's a slow burn but the chemistry and tension between FMC and MMC is 🔥.

Tropes:
🩺 Black Cat FMC
🩺 Golden Retriever MMC
🩺 Forced Proximity
🩺 He falls first
🩺 Reverse grumpy/sunshine
🩺 Dislike to lovers

Definitely recommend giving it a read if you enjoy romance with a good bit of suspense thrown in.

Paging Dr. Hart felt like I was reading two stories at once that blended perfectly together at the ending.
The dual timeline is Tiffany's childhood vs her present life. And boy, oh boy, was it a freakin roller coaster.

Reading about Tiffany’s past was giving me so much anxiety. The suspense had me at the edge of my seat and my heart kept breaking for her over and over again. But, reading her present with Ethan gave me all of the heart flutters. My emotions were all over the place with this book 🤣

Ethan is a walking green flag and was so good for Tiffany. The way he accepted all parts of her, ughh my heart 🥹🥹🥹

I’m looking forward to more answers in the next books!

𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬:
“I like you always, happy and sad. I like all the Tiffany’s past, present, and future. I’ll take them all.”

"I haven't had a lot of things I could call mine. Medicine was my parents' and my brother's. Baseball, maybe, but I lost that. But you, you're mine, and I'll be damned if I'm going to lose you. Not today. Not to that guy."

"I will fight anything, or anyone, that comes between us. Nothing could keep me away from you. Nothing."

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲:
• Medical Romance
• Suspense Romance
• Dual Timeline
• Workplace Romance
• Forced Proximity
• He Falls First
• Golden Retriever MMC
🌶️🌶️

Thank you Net-Galley and Melissa Dymond for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

⭐️: 5/5
🌶️: 2/5
☕️: 3/5

Dr. Dymond, this book was SO good!
Dr. Tiffany Hart, the cold hearted, by the book, no nonsense radiology resident has her life planned out, with plans upon plans in place. When one day, Dr. Ethan Clark comes rolling into the residency program as a transfer intern, forcing her plans to change.

A medical/romantic/suspense with a rom-com sub genre, I very much enjoyed just the light-heartedness of a romantic suspense. You have a golden retriever MMC with the withdrawn FMC, both surface level fighting for the prestige of “resident of the month”. The entire book flip-flopped between present day and the part (which as some of you know is one of my FAVORITE writing styles to read) so you get Tiffany’s past, why she thinks the way she does now, and why she makes the choices she does. I loved the communication between Tiffany and Ethan (yes, I think sarcastic comments are included 😂) and love that Melanie was a constant figure in Tiffany’s life.

While overall, I enjoyed the book, I will point out that I personally don’t feel that this book was entirely geared towards those who are interested in or IN the medical field. The medical side of things are sort of glossed over (which for some, may be enough medical for them. My lil nerdy heart cried a lil 😢) Additionally, I think that my thriller heart would’ve loved a more suspenseful current timeline with less chunks of past timeline. More build-up to the suspenseful break to allow a more seamless transition in what happens (no spoilers! 🙊 no dishonor on this family! 🐉)

There is a sweet version and a spicy version available for preorder! I am very happy I picked this up, and very grateful for Netgalley and Melissa for allowing me to read this ahead of release! My notes above will definitely NOT deter me from reading another book by her!

🩺 Black Cat FMC
🩺 Golden retriever MMC
🩺 Forced Proximity
🩺 He falls first
🩺 reverse grumpy/sunshine
🩺 Dislike to lovers

This was my first romance book that included suspense but I enjoyed it! I liked following Tiffany’s storyline for her childhood explaining some of the events that led her to where she is today. I wanted to know what happened next and I didn’t want to put the book down. I also enjoyed the scenes between Tiffany and Ethan, whether they were working together or attending a conference at Disney. I will be picking up more books by Melissa Dymond as well as other romantic suspense novels!

Much more than your typical romance novel! This story alternates between the past and present as the female lead navigates her haunting past and her accomplished present.

Dr. Tiffany Hart is a polished medical doctor who puts work first and rarely, if ever, builds relationships beyond the causal work friend. Enter Dr. Ethan Clark- handsome, cinnamon roll man who falls fast and hard for Tiffany. Forced proximity, iced coffees, and working toward a common goal brings Tiffany’s walls down, slightly. Ethan is all in but then Tiffany’s secret past comes back to haunt her.

I loved the complexity of this story. Alternating between past and present, not only in sense of time but in who Tiffany was and who she is now. The symbolism of the colors red and white was notable as well. Devil versus angel. The author provides readers with two formats- sweet or spicy, depending on comfort level/preference. Furthermore, portions of the proceeds go to charity!