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Paternal Instincts

Valor and Doyle, Book 8

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Paternal Instincts

By: Nicky James
Narrated by: Nick J. Russo
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At the heart of a missing child case, Quaid and Aslan learn the true nature of fatherhood. With their baby due any day, Quaid ends up tangled in a case on the last day of work before his parental leave begins. Between eerie ransom notes and family secrets, unanswered questions pile up, twisting the case into something Quaid has never seen. Someone is lying. Someone knows more than they’re saying.

With the help of supportive friends and colleagues, Quaid and Aslan are determined to solve the case before it’s too late. When their surrogate goes into labor, Quaid struggles to let go and walk away. A boy has vanished. A life is in danger.

©2025 Nicky James (P)2025 Nicky James
Contemporary Mystery Police Procedurals Romance
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This was okay. I know people will love the whole family thing but I’m not into babies in my romance or fictional reading/listening but apparently a lot of people on the author’s page/group were.
I truly think Aslan is a wonderful character but he really subjugated himself a lot to Quaid in this book because Quaid gets ticked off and anxious.
I felt for Quaid throughout the series but this time he was mostly overbearing.
It was an okay read overall. The missing persons case was okay. The overall story was okay. The ending was okay.

Okay End of a Solid Series

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