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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 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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I read half of this on my Kindle before switching when the audiobook came out, I have listened to the whole series so was happy to have Nick Russo take me to the finish line. Brilliant through out.

Lovely ending to a great series, expertly narrated

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Five stars because nowhere let’s you leave 50 stars
Just when Quaid & Aslan are going on paternity leave a case comes in about a missing child and Quaid can’t leave so he and Aslan team up .
Things aren’t straight forward and all leads make each of them even more confused.
Just when things heat up with the birth of their child Quaid puts the pieces together and you know what he’s going to do because that’s who he is.
I may have had a few tears listening to it and i have enjoyed every minute of this series and although i’m sad this is the final book i will definitely be revisiting Quaid and Aslan again and again.

Farewell but not goodbye.

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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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