Bedside Manner by Stephanie Archer

Illustrated Paperback Edition  

Preorder Incentive:  Signed Bookplate

Release Date:  December 8 , 2026

Bedside Manner:

Dr. Grant Cross is the hot, grumpy surgeon who makes my job hell… and my first client as a brand-new escort.

I can get along with anyone—except him. One of the most prominent pediatric plastic surgeons in the country, he terrifies the other residents, the nurses despise him, and his bedside manner sucks.

When he puts me on retainer to sleep with him and only him, the money is too good to pass up. The deal is simple: I sleep with him, he pays me, and neither of us get feelings.

Sleeping with Grant is surprisingly fun and intimate, though, and between pretending our arrangement is real in front of our colleagues and teaching him to be more likeable, I discover that Grant Cross is nothing like I expected.

He’s dedicated his life to helping children, and is adorable with his family.

He teaches me to swim, and encourages me to stand up for myself.

He plants sunflowers in my garden because I love them.

Our relationship is purely transactional, but Grant looks at me in a way that makes me wonder…

Maybe it’s real after all.