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

“You did not get into Harvard, nor Yale, nor Princeton, nor Stanford, nor Swarthmore, nor—”


“Okay, please stop.” My heart raced. “Where didI get in?”


“Nowhere. You are zero for twenty.” She rubbed her temples. “This is a disaster. Your father always said you’d be a disappointment.”


My stomach felt hollow. I’d been afraid of this possibility, but now that it had come true, I had to fight tears. I swallowed to regain my composure, reminding myself it wasn’t my fault. My parents were impossible prestige whores who wouldn’t let me apply to realistic places.


“Maybe there’s still time to apply to State.” Like I had wanted, I added silently.


“Your father and I will only pay for the best, Christopher. Now he might make you enlist.”


Oh my God.This was so unfair. “I understand. I’m sorry I’m such a…disappointment. I’m going to see Mr. Laszlo. He used to be a college professor. He might have some ideas.”


Chapter 22