Conflict of Interest

Review based on Advanced Reader Copy provided by NetGalley and Storm Publishing Overall Rating: 4.75 stars One is the intern... and one is the boss. Oops... so what could possibly go wrong? After being mistaken by handsome Jesse for an escort and having a spicy night, Dr. Finn Hayes starts his training as a doctor intern at a hospital in New York... only to find out that Dr. Jessie Maddox is actually his boss. I liked that while there was, of course, a certain power dynamic with them being supervisor and intern, but they still were both doctors and not a doctor and a nurse, for example. Not equals yet but equality as an eventual possibility. What sticks out to me at Conflict of Interest is that, different than in many other slow burns, neither of them is denying their feelings. They rather acknowledge them but feel restricted by the rules of their environment, which leads to a lot of well-written pining yearning. Both their emotions were very believable, and I constantly wanted to hug and comfort both of them: Dont fake indifference so hard you break somethingyou, him, whatever it is that could grow there. I managed something like Good job, anonymous resident who I never met before. While trying to forget, you knowyou know. The book is also incredibly funny and made me laugh several times. While the book is number 2 in the Devon Memorial series, it can also be read as a standalone. It was my first Zarah Detand book, but now I'm eager to read the next one!