Lights & Sirens

by Jeanine Hoffman

Lesbian Fiction: Romance - Chloe "Donny" Donovan is a Firefighter/Paramedic who discovers an attraction to, Caity, a dispatcher. She has known Caity for a few years but never thought of her as anything other than a friend and fellow member of the fire department. Their relationship goes against everything Donny has believed about keeping romantic entanglements away from the workplace, especially since she works with Caity 's younger sister. Kristy is Donny 's mentor, supervisor, and friend at the station. She 's behind Donny 's sudden promotion-but that promotion could change her own career as well. Kristy is dealing with things from her past that she can no longer repress. How will that affect her relationships with her prot g and crew? What happens when the strongest of the strong finds out that she can t remain an island forever? Lights and Sirens shows a crew of well meaning men and women who come together to battle fire, fight illness, injury, and death for others-can they hold it together for one of their own?

Genres: Lesbian, Lesbian Romance

262 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2011

About the author

Jeanine Hoffman was born and raised a New Englander and is still trying to find her way back home. In the interim she and her girlfriend and their two cats (forever known as kittens), and numerous fish (known collectively as the “fishes”) reside in the PA/DE border area. Imagine-300 feet away lives tax free shopping! She spends her days working a “real” job and her nights gaming or writing. Jeanine is thrilled to bring her past publications as well as future efforts to the Regal Crest family! (from the author's website)

Reviews

[Kexx · Rating 5 out of 5]

Story 5 out of 5 - superb, loved it! But Yellow Rose (RCE) - Publisher - hang your head in shame! Editing was awful, layout frankly a disgrace and to charge £8 plus for a book that badly prepared shows a stunning lack of customer care.

[Val · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was not for me. It just seemed like a hodgepodge of incidents kind of thrown together. I always feel guilty when I don’t like a book but I found myself not interested in reading This to the end.

[Dide · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pros:
Strong representation and interpretation of what EMTs do, I really enjoyed reading the actions and medical lingua.
Cons:
It just seemed too sapho centric... How realistic is it that every noteworthy character in the book are all lesbians and they all end up living happily ever after? In turn, it was unnecessarily long thus somewhat boring especially 3/4 onwards

[Brandy Wiederhold · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book

I think they should have a second sequel I would love to know what happens to them and every else

[isa Simonet · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this book, some will say that the passages on the interventions are very long, I do not find, on the contrary, we put in the little firemen and paramedics and that is what is interesting. What I liked the most is the candor and kindness of the two main characters. that's what made me move forward in the book despite some lengths. These 2 women are kind, their relationship is filled with love, respect, it's beautiful to see, very beautiful. Book to read absolutely ...

[Blu]

The advice "show don't tell" is one often given to authors and bears repeating here.
I enjoyed the details about calls, but they did not serve enough purpose to warrant their inclusion - at least to the level of specifics given. They should provide more insight into the characters instead of appearing to be events on a timeline.
I will read more by this author, but believe trimming, better guidance from editors and a tighter plot would benefit her great ideas.

[Kristina · Rating 3 out of 5]

I ended up liking it alot more than I expected. It is not action packed but it is still a good story.