The Fifth Surgeon

By: Faith Prize

Narrated by: Abby Craden

A lesbian medical romance about the powerful breakthroughs we can't always see.

Nadia Keating has barely started her cardiothoracic fellowship training, but she already has the archetype nailed - she's direct, uncompromising, and suffering from a God complex.

Before she can focus on her impressive research, deeply closeted Nadia has a personal project: getting her inconvenient attraction to women out of her system. She picks a stranger online for a one-night stand.

Ashley Rylan, the chief of Nadia's department, is her polar opposite - sweet, agreeable, and soft-spoken - and the stranger Nadia unwittingly chooses.

The two women's meeting is a hostile disaster, and they would love nothing more than to never see each other again. However, their paths keep colliding as Nadia embarks on an ambitious experiment that could lead to a historic medical breakthrough.

Despite warring egos and the secrets they keep, their connection is powerful and growing. Maybe having sex would help them get over their distraction at work? Or would that just ruin everything?

Contains mature themes.

©2021 Faith Prize (P)2022 Tantor

Historical references

For such a strict view of right and wrong the sexual encounter in the office seem very off putting but the overall story was very good

I laughed a lot

Nadezhda is a psychopath and I’m 100% here for it. I love the dynamic between Ashley and Nadia; especially the sexual tension. It ended up being a sweet story and the characters completely complement each other.

Enjoyable

I am a sucker for a medical drama and this did not disappoint, despite there being some continuity issues with the character movements and the descriptions. Abby was very nice again amazing and made it very easy to listen to.

Entertaining

Nadia , while a talented surgeon is irredeemably obnoxious w/o a like able personal quality.
Ashley is Chief of Cardio-thoracic surgery yet is more often than not has the backbone of a wet sponge.

Yet somehow, okay, let’s be real, Abby makes it an enjoyable listen.

I'm Debt Medical Romance

The highly intelligent Dr. Keating is a true ice queen, but she will thaw for Dr. Rylan.

Meet on s dating app, but the meet-up goes badly. Dr. Keating doesn't like Dr. Rylan. She thinks she is to sweet, to soft and to agreeable all the time. This must make her a deficient surgeon who should not be Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery dept.

Dr. Keating finds out there are many layers to Dr. Rylan, as Dr. Rylan sees a different side to Dr. Keating that no one else can see. The polar opposites fall hard.