LA Metropolitan by RJ Nolan

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You can misplace your trust in someone and get hurt, but if you let a bad experience, even a really bad one, guide your actions through life, you may lose your chance of happiness, love or whatever else you wish for in a relationship.

Trust is not something that comes easy to either Jess or Kim. They are both women with a past that cast shadows on their professional and private lives.

Jess is Head of the ER at LA Metropolitan known to her staff and colleagues as the Ice Queen for her standoffish behavior and sharp tongue. She has the one redeeming feature though - she is a gorgeous hard-ass! Her preference for women is well known and talked about. Especially since the time when her - now - ex-girlfriend Myra chose to vent her frustrations with Jess and her control issues - in the middle of the ER. 

Kim on the other hand is the new attending in the psyche department at the LA Metropolitan. Recovering from a bad experience involving Sharon, the closeted Chief of The ER at The Memorial Hospital, Kim's last place of employment. She is good looking, outgoing and looking for a fresh start, but NOT one including a Chief of the ER! Do you see where this is going? Well don't expect any surprises. Kim and Jess hit it off from the start, and it won't be long till you find them sharing a jog in the park, a meal and ..... a kiss.

But even if the attraction is there, and both women want to take things beyond the point of a few dates and a tryst in the bedroom, there are still a lot of issues to explore and trust to build before a relationship, U-Haul and living happily ever after is possible.

If you've read "Double Trouble" that I mentioned recently, you will know that RJ Nolan is one to use a simple storyline and a rather slim character gallery. With "LA Metropolitan" a bit more work has been put into outlining the characters of the protagonists and the building of their relationship. I'll still say that it is a simple romance, but if you have a "white coat" fetish or a fantasy involving a good looking doc you might like it.

You can find pictures of the Great Dane Thor featured in the story at RJ Nolan's web side, and a couple of her Voyager fan fic's.

If you are nifty with The Wayback Machine you will be able to get your hands on a couple of fic's with a spin off on the characters of Jess and Kim. Should you need a bit of guidance on how to work The Wayback Machine - look up pointers at the "Tool of the Trade" page above. 

Double Trouble by RJ Nolan

There is no such thing as immaculate conception ... I think ? Well let's not begin a religious discussion, can't we just agree that for most women this is true? So lets move on .... and think of the consequences ... no immaculate conception... hmm ... so if you happen to be a lesbian getting a couple of kids involves some planing ... right?

Well if you tag along with Kris and Jerry to the first baseball game of the season you might get a chance to catch the first act of the romance that will lead Kris from being single, lesbian and not looking to have neither a partner nor any children, to being part of a full blown family of 4 ... and I'll tell you that it didn't really call for any planing at all. Hmm .... maybe you could call it immaculate conception, but then again I don't think that this was exactly how the apostles would put it.

So if gaining a couple of kids didn't take any planning you might ask how it happened. Well I guess that I can give you a few of the ingredients. If you want to know how to mix them you'll have to read the story. 

First of you will have to get your hands on some beer or rather have a lot of it splashed over you and a good looking woman thrown on to your lap. Then you will have to get up your nerve and ask her out, and stick with it once she tell's you that she really can't go out tonight as she can't get a babysitter on such short notice!! This is where you will have to ask yourself if this is really a road you want to travel... I mean she has to be straight ... or what ?

Now don't judge a book by its cover, Erin is by no means straight, she just "happened" to get herself married and pregnant with Scott, which wasn't such a good choice after all. Furthermore Erin really do need to meet someone and Kris proves to fill out the role of "someone" as in a perspective lover, rather well. She loves Erin, her twins Christopher and Jenna, and they on the other hand, takes to Kate real fast. 

If you add a Grate Dane with a Harlequin colored coat going by the name of Willi, Alice and Richard, Erin's ex-in-laws and Jerry, Kris' long time friend, you have what it takes to make it happen ... the "getting a set of twin of you own" kind of thing, and it didn't even require the customary nine month of pregnancy, no Lamar classes, nausea .....  

It might sound easy, and it is, but it's also standard Lesfic based on a classic storyline with the necessary bumps on the road. This time the big bump happens to come along just as you think that this romance is in the bag, but with the help of a good friend and a persistent lover we do get the LHEA that we envisioned right from the start.

"Double Trouble" is a simple - perhaps a bit too simple - kind of romance, where our protagonists move quickly from a chance meeting, to dating and falling in love. Getting to second base takes a little time though. With a couple of kids tagging along it does involve some planing and an ex-mother in law to get to second, third and any other base you wish to visit with your woman!

If you choose to look up the story - do it for the family theme which plays a big part in this romance. Should you be on the look out for more stories on the theme of "a ready made family" you could try Zee's "Comic Book Life" it's romance and humor all in one or Ali Vali's "A Rock for Remembrance" (there is a sequel and another one) if you want to look into family life with the filthy rich.

"Double Trouble" was published by L-books in 2008. You can get it from Amazon both in paperback and as e-book (kindle).