Rookie police officer Sean Patton’s world is turned upside down when he’s shot while out on a domestic dist28ce call. Sean is saved by his ballistic vest but is still injured, emotionally and physically. To make matters worse, he has to hide his sexuality.<br><br>His girlfriend, an attorney seven years his senior, is his saving grace, nursing him with good deeds and plenty of loving. He also enjoys the attentions of his best friend Jeremy, who was his lover college. And things are further complicated by his sexy and muscled captain, who admits to being bisexual, too.<br><br>Unfortunately in 1970s America, being anything other than straight is not on the menu. What’s a new officer to do? Will he lose his girlfriend when she discovers he’s attracted to men, too?

Officer Needs Assistance

“I love it!” Aunt Lauren was loud enough to draw attention from other tables. “I know how to forge an old painting.”


I almost choked on my breakfast. “I wasn’t serious.”


Aunt Lauren touched my arm. “I know I said revenge was a bad idea, but that was then. I want to help.”


“Aunt Lauren, I worry when the research for your novels starts appearing in real life.”


Rosalie put a hand up. “Mick, it sounds outrageous, but someone has to do something. Besides using you for chef services, he’s using Darren for actual knowledge of art. You know how Casper nearly never shows representational pieces? It’s always some abstract glop of color. Instead of talking about style or form, he talks about what color carpets it goes with.”


“True. ‘This work will add sophistication to any room,’” I quoted.


Chapter 17