Starting With June
Emilie Rose
Harlequin SuperRomance, Dec
1 2014, $6.75
ISBN: 9780373608874
At Quantico, due to his depth perception failing him U.S. Marine Sam
Rivers receives the depressing news of a medical discharge ending his military
career. On his mind is thirty one and
washed up. Waiting in the parking lot
for him is his buddy and former marine sniper peer Roth Sterling (see A Better
Man) who needs his help. Four months
ago, Chief of Police Roth arrested and fired his dirty senior deputy, but
believes there are more corrupt cops on his Quincey, North Carolina force. He hires Sam to go undercover to recon which
cops are breaking the law.
Sam teams up with police officer June Jones, but conceals from his
partner why he came to Quincey.
Attracted to each other, he refuses to acknowledge his heart though he
wants June. Instead Sam remains
steadfast to his goal to leave the “armpit of the world” and return to active
duty once he completes the mission and gets his perception back; only his
perception has changed. June assumes the
men she loves, like her hypercritical father and her denying partner, find
something lacking in her.
The third Quincey contemporary is an engaging police force romance
in which Sam’s attitude and his assignment seem to doom their
relationship. Sam and Roth appear too
similar in personality although one can argue they fit the profile of a
successful military sniper. With a nod
to Rookie Blue (hopefully this coupling finds a way to stay together rather
than hop around), readers will appreciate this tale.
Harriet Klausner
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