Only His Heart
By Shawn Lane
3.5/5
()
About this ebook
Matt is exactly what Dr. Lassiter doesn't want. An eyeliner wearing bad boy who rides a motorcycle. Matt is intrigued by the stuffy, too beautiful for words doctor, but the good doc is as cold as ice. Matt's fellow nurses bet him he can't melt Dr. Lassiter and get him into bed.
Too fascinated by Calvin not to try, Matt succeeds in breaking the doctor's hard exterior, but as their relationship turns serious, the possibility hangs over his head that his coworkers will tell his sexy doctor the truth and end his dreams of winning Calvin's heart forever.
Shawn Lane
Shawn Lane is a multi-published author of gay romance. She lives and works in Southern California. She has been published by Loose Id, Amber Quill Press, Evernight Publishing, MLR Press, JMS Books, and Ellora’s Cave. For more information, visit smlgr8.blogspot.com.
Read more from Shawn Lane
Gratefully His Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Impossibly His Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAdmiring Jesse Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Devotedly His Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Finally His Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPieces Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hitting It Big Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJust His Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBecoming His Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Manfred's Curse Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Best Gift Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Another Chance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hopefully His Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Knight for All Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Only in His Dreams Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Jake's Regret Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Accidentally His Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Squire Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Pulling Away Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Thankful Heart Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStill the One Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSweet Reunion Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Related to Only His Heart
Titles in the series (3)
Only in His Dreams Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Only His Heart Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5His One and Only Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related ebooks
Tempted to Taste Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStripped Bare Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5He's So Heavy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUn-Deniable (Left at the Crossroads #3) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Soldier and the Bodyguard Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJourney to Hope Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUnder the Waterfall: Have Body, Will Guard, #5 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beach Boys Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Very Late Blooming Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Spirit Bear Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Taking Chances in Cedarwood Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDead Blind (Jack of Spades Two) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Young Guys Thanksgiving Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOnly in His Dreams Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Christmas Craic and Mistletoe Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Riding and Regrets Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSummer Stock: Rules of Summer Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Poseidon's Pleasure: Southern Cross, #3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDouble Deuce: Ian Coulter's Amethyst Cove, #1 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Two Weeks To Life (Fated Soulmates 4) Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Catching Fireflies: Southern Cross, #5 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWarren's Peace Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ripples in Cedarwood Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLove on the Web: Love On, #2 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5And a Smile Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDecember Promise Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Just His Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Dominant Chord Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlind Ride Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTackling the Subject Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Contemporary Romance For You
Heart Bones: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Animal Farm Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The True Love Experiment Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Icebreaker: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ugly Love: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All Your Perfects: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Before We Were Strangers: A Love Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ruin Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Ends with Us: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Maybe Someday Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hopeless Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5November 9: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5One Italian Summer: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Confess: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Slammed: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Starts with Us: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Maybe Not: A Novella Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beautiful Disaster: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Something Borrowed: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Finding Cinderella: A Novella Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Simple Wild: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Without Merit: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Under the Roses Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Beautiful Bastard Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Scandalized Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This Girl: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Spanish Love Deception: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Twice in a Blue Moon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Finding Perfect: A Novella Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Only His Heart
11 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Only His Heart - Shawn Lane
10
Chapter 1
Matt Walton was having a pretty decent second day. Sure his feet hurt. Whose wouldn’t when they hadn’t been allowed much rest in the last forty-eight hours? Finally, he had a few moments to take a lunch.
He glanced around the basement cafeteria. Only a handful of people were there, not surprising as it was close to one in the morning. He didn’t recognize any of them, but it was only his second twelve-hour shift.
Matt walked over to the food area and decided on a small salad and a slice of peach pie along with a cup of coffee. As he approached the register, he couldn’t help but notice a pretty young thing sitting by himself at a table in the corner drinking something out of a Styrofoam cup, his eyes downcast. The young man was dressed in scrubs and Matt figured he was probably an orderly or a lab tech.
Even as he was paying at the register he couldn’t keep from staring at the pretty young man. He was just Matt’s type.
Matt, who had come out as a teen, didn’t bother to hide his sexual orientation from anyone. He was out and proud and had participated in a number of gay pride events.
And this kid was seriously hot. Damn, he hadn’t been hit with such a wave of lust across a room like this in…a long fucking time.
Everything about him was gorgeous. His dark sandy blond hair, the porcelain skin, and those big pouty lips. Matt wondered what color eyes he had. He would guess blue. No reason not to find out.
He took his tray and walked to the corner table. He was really hoping this beautiful man was gay. Probably not, knowing Matt’s luck, but he could dream.
Hey, kid, is this seat taken?
he asked as he stopped at the table.
The pretty young thing, who had blue eyes Matt noticed when he looked up, gave him the coldest look he’d ever seen. He stared daggers is how it was referred to, and lesser men would no doubt have been felled by it.
That would be Dr. Lassiter to you…nurse.
Matt’s jaw dropped. Whoa, this was Dr. Lassiter? Since the moment he began his day yesterday the other members of the nursing staff had warned him about Calvin Lassiter. Biggest prick you’ll ever meet, as cold and arrogant as they come, and even guy is an ice queen. This reminded Matt that when the nurse who said that about the doctor found out Matt was gay, she’d apologized all over herself, saying she hadn’t meant anything bad. Dr. Lassiter was gay, though, which is how he got the nickname.
Sorry, doctor. Can I sit anyway?
Dr. Lassiter didn’t respond, he just raised his cup to his stunning lips and took a sip.
Shrugging, Matt sat across from him and stuck his hand out. Matt Walton.
I know who you are.
He didn’t take Matt’s hand. You almost ran me over today in the parking lot with your motorcycle.
That was you?
You really ought to drive more carefully in a hospital parking lot. We don’t need any more patients.
You walked in front of me and I was barely able to swerve to avoid,
Matt angrily retorted. Maybe you should watch where you are walking.
The doctor sighed. Even if I did, there will be lots of people in the parking lot doing the very same thing. Families visiting loved ones. I’m sure as a nurse you don’t want to be responsible for running over some child coming to visit a sick mother, do you?
His jaw tightening, Matt nodded. Okay, point taken. I’ll slow down.
Dr. Lassiter’s full lips curved up in a slight smile that was too damn adorable for such a jerk. He hated being a sucker for a pretty face.
I have to say, Walton, I’m kind of surprised.
At?
He shrugged. I would think someone who is a nurse, one working in an emergency room, no less, wouldn’t be so careless as to ride a motorcycle.
Okay, now the good doc was sounding like his mother.
I’m a safe driver,
Matt replied in a tone to match Lassiter’s.
One blond brow rose. Even so, car drivers may not be so safe. I’ve seen too many motorcycle accident victims here not to be concerned.
Matt tapped his fingers loudly on the table, realized he was doing it, and hid his hand in his lap. So, doctor, you don’t see car accidents, too? Just motorcycles?
Of course I see both.
Hmm, so do you tell all the staff you’re surprised they drive cars?
No.
To Matt’s delight, Calvin Lassiter turned a light shade of pink. Unfortunately, it made him even more appealing, damn it.
Okay, then, I appreciate your concern and I’ll be sure to be more careful driving through the hospital parking lot.
He stabbed his fork into the salad. Then something occurred to him. He looked up, staring. You look kind of familiar. Have we met?
No, you probably recognize me from when you nearly killed me.
He ignored that and stuffed a bite in his mouth. No, it’s something…Lassiter. I’ve heard that name before.
He tilted his head to the side, studying the sexy doc. Wait, I know.
Lassiter scowled when others in the room looked their way. Keep your voice down.
Yeah, yeah, whatever. I remember now. I should have thought about it yesterday when the other nurses were talking about you.
That got him another icy glare. And what were they saying?
He felt himself heat in a blush this time. He cleared his throat. "How great a doctor you were. A-anyway, I guess I didn’t