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

Adolfo broke me out of my reverie. “He’s leaving because of the new policy.”


I turned in alarm. “What? Which new policy?”


“Damn.” I stroked my beard in thought. With the new laws, we could no longer perform in many of the rich countries in Western Europe until we got rid of all our animals. We still had elephants and horses for now. Stripped from the profits we made in Zurich and Vienna, we couldn’t afford to do free shows in poorer cities in the East, but we had to change. Even in Venice, the hometown of il Circo dei Fiori, there were whispers of planned protests against us, despite decades of dedication to the happiness of the people.


“If Emil goes, how much will we be hurt?” I wondered.


Chapter 58