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Paternal Instincts

Valor and Doyle, Book 8

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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 Heartfelt
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Enjoyable story that is well written with likeable characters and good world building. The narration is very good as well.

Enjoyable Story

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The perfect ending of this amazing series. I have loved it and know I will come back to it again soon!

When Nick J Russo performs Nick’s stories magic happens 🤩

Love!!!

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Story: Valor and Doyle as parents was just what my soul needed. Nicky James created an amazing pair of MCs that I can't get enough of! It's a great skill to create genuine, lovable characters you can relate to, even if there's near nothing similar in their lives and yours.
Narration: Brilliant as always! There is no Valor and Doyle without their audiobook voices for me anymore.

Never enough of Valor and Doyle

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what a fantastic ending to a series, I loved the journey of this couple. l also liked the suspense of the cases they worked ok. thank you Nicky for a great series and fab narration from Nick J Russo

fantastic series

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Loved! The narration by Nick J. Russo once again brought to life these wonderful characters we’ve come to love throughout this series. I absolutely loved our latest journey with Quaid and Aslan. This one started with an unexpected bang, ahem, and rolled right into a case presenting itself as Quaid and as heading into his final minutes before paternity leave. This was a case that kept me on my toes. From there we are treated to their relationship evolving even more into even more wonderfulness that could only be Quaid and Aslan. They faced new challenges becoming parents, navigating new steps and changes in their life. There were so many beautiful moments between them, it really gave me all the feels in a way only Nicky James is able to write. I love the way the obstacles were handled and with such mindfulness to their growing family. As always, we are treated to excellent writing with such character depth that we feel part of their story. I loved being able to visit with all the characters we’ve met along Quaid and Asian’s love story and journey to parenthood, and to see them become their best versions we knew were under the surface. While I am sad this is our last installment of their series, their happily ever after is one that I won’t forget!

Excellent end to a Wonderful Series!

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