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Sugarland Blue #1
Sworn to Protect
Sugarland loves their men in blue, especially Detective Shane Ford. But Shane’s mission to protect and to serve has just gotten personal…
Detective Shane Ford, Sugarland’s favorite cop, has been blindsided by the sudden death of his best friend, NFL star Brad Cooper, and becoming the legal guardian of Brad’s son, Drew—a bitter, angry sixteen-year-old with a dangerous secret. Shane is determined to pry the truth from Drew, but only manages to alienate him—and winds up going head to head with Juvenile Detective Daisy Callahan, whose job is to protect the teen’s best interests.
Shane has always been drawn to Daisy’s beauty and strength, but he’s determined not to allow their intense attraction to interfere with his duty ever again. It’s a vow that will prove difficult to keep, as the realities of Shane and Daisy’s blossoming love and their growing bond with the grieving teen propel Shane headlong into danger for the new family he’s sworn to protect.
Detective Shane Ford, Sugarland’s favorite cop, has been blindsided by the sudden death of his best friend, NFL star Brad Cooper, and becoming the legal guardian of Brad’s son, Drew—a bitter, angry sixteen-year-old with a dangerous secret. Shane is determined to pry the truth from Drew, but only manages to alienate him—and winds up going head to head with Juvenile Detective Daisy Callahan, whose job is to protect the teen’s best interests.
Shane has always been drawn to Daisy’s beauty and strength, but he’s determined not to allow their intense attraction to interfere with his duty ever again. It’s a vow that will prove difficult to keep, as the realities of Shane and Daisy’s blossoming love and their growing bond with the grieving teen propel Shane headlong into danger for the new family he’s sworn to protect.
310 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published May 7, 2013
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Jo Davis
36 books752 followersNational Bestselling author Jo Davis is best known for her popular Firefighters of Station Five series written as Jo Davis, and her dark, sexy paranormal series Alpha Pack, written as J.D. Tyler. PRIMAL LAW, the first book in her Alpha Pack series, is the winner of the National Reader's Choice Award in Paranormal. She's also been a multiple finalist in the Colorado Romance Writers Award of Excellence, a finalist for the Bookseller's Best Award, has captured the HOLT Medallion Award of Merit, and has been a two-time nominee for the Australian Romance Readers Award in romantic suspense.
Jo's books regularly appear on the Neilson Bookscan, Barnes and Noble, BooksOnBoard, and Amazon bestseller lists, among others.
Jo is currently at work on the SUGARLAND BLUE series, a spin-off of her Firefighters of Station Five series, and her new contemporary romance novella trilogy TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS, scheduled to debut in October 2013 with RAW. She's also publishing a new FBI series, ARMED AND DEADLY, set to debut in Fall 2013 with ONE LAST KISS. Jo lives in Texas with her two kids and a cute Boston terrier.
Jo's books regularly appear on the Neilson Bookscan, Barnes and Noble, BooksOnBoard, and Amazon bestseller lists, among others.
Jo is currently at work on the SUGARLAND BLUE series, a spin-off of her Firefighters of Station Five series, and her new contemporary romance novella trilogy TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS, scheduled to debut in October 2013 with RAW. She's also publishing a new FBI series, ARMED AND DEADLY, set to debut in Fall 2013 with ONE LAST KISS. Jo lives in Texas with her two kids and a cute Boston terrier.
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February 2, 2014
Booooooooooored. That’s it. That’s the reason I gave this one such a low rating. Not because it was doing something bad (mostly), but because it was just so damn boring.
Don’t get me wrong; I love cops. I love stories about cops. I love romances about cops. All three of those things are different, and I love them all. This book had me at hello, and throw in a plot line about an adopted teen and I thought “that’s it; I’m sold.” This book’s premise had me hook, line, and sinker. All it had to do was anything interesting at all and I’d be in hog heaven. It couldn’t manage that.
There were three things in this novel that could have been interesting: Drew, recently orphaned son of an NFL star, going to live with his godson; a murder investigation involving Drew’s dad and some drug runners; and the “steamy” romance between cop-Shane and cop-Daisy. Well, Drew was the most well-adjusted kid to ever find his own father’s corpse, the murder investigation took a holiday or something in the middle of the book, and Shane and Daisy started out the book already in love and just pussy-footing around each other. For valid reasons, ones that can only be worked out by time, but my drama quota is not filled by watching two people wait a lot. The whole of this book basically went: “Find a dead guy, forget all about him and cry a lot over this other dead guy, socialize, take copious amounts of time off work because everyone is doing fuck-all about that first dead guy (he barely gets a mention!), spend bonding time with Drew and talk about how much of a loving family you all are, and then finally some action at the end.” I have never seen a group of cops so hesitant to investigate anything!
The dialogue seriously annoyed me in this book as well. Everyone (and I do mean everyone, even the stock school bully) had a tendency to lay out all their issues at once in a conversation. It was like they were reading scripts written by their therapists. No one talks like this, and it took a lot of dramatic potential away from the character interactions when one party would continually go “Yup, here’s all my issues, plus all the relevant backstory and psychological insights, plus what needs to be done about it if that applies. So how was your day?”
I will give this book props on the dead-daddy grief, though. Drew’s and Shane’s reactions to Brad’s death were well handled and pretty heartbreaking. Those bits stood out from the rest of the novel with how delicately they were handled, actually, and I rather enjoyed them. (Well, as much as you can enjoy something that’s sad.)
Don’t get me wrong; I love cops. I love stories about cops. I love romances about cops. All three of those things are different, and I love them all. This book had me at hello, and throw in a plot line about an adopted teen and I thought “that’s it; I’m sold.” This book’s premise had me hook, line, and sinker. All it had to do was anything interesting at all and I’d be in hog heaven. It couldn’t manage that.
There were three things in this novel that could have been interesting: Drew, recently orphaned son of an NFL star, going to live with his godson; a murder investigation involving Drew’s dad and some drug runners; and the “steamy” romance between cop-Shane and cop-Daisy. Well, Drew was the most well-adjusted kid to ever find his own father’s corpse, the murder investigation took a holiday or something in the middle of the book, and Shane and Daisy started out the book already in love and just pussy-footing around each other. For valid reasons, ones that can only be worked out by time, but my drama quota is not filled by watching two people wait a lot. The whole of this book basically went: “Find a dead guy, forget all about him and cry a lot over this other dead guy, socialize, take copious amounts of time off work because everyone is doing fuck-all about that first dead guy (he barely gets a mention!), spend bonding time with Drew and talk about how much of a loving family you all are, and then finally some action at the end.” I have never seen a group of cops so hesitant to investigate anything!
The dialogue seriously annoyed me in this book as well. Everyone (and I do mean everyone, even the stock school bully) had a tendency to lay out all their issues at once in a conversation. It was like they were reading scripts written by their therapists. No one talks like this, and it took a lot of dramatic potential away from the character interactions when one party would continually go “Yup, here’s all my issues, plus all the relevant backstory and psychological insights, plus what needs to be done about it if that applies. So how was your day?”
I will give this book props on the dead-daddy grief, though. Drew’s and Shane’s reactions to Brad’s death were well handled and pretty heartbreaking. Those bits stood out from the rest of the novel with how delicately they were handled, actually, and I rather enjoyed them. (Well, as much as you can enjoy something that’s sad.)
May 9, 2013
From Jo Davis, author of one of my favorite romantic suspense series, Firefighters of Station Five, comes a great new spin-off series, Sugarland Blue! This first book in the series, Sworn to Protect, was a great start, full of romance, angst, suspense, humor and hot sex!
The story centers around Sugarland police detective Shane Ford and co-worker/Juvenile Officer Daisy Callahan. Shane and Daisy had a previous short-term romantic relationship, but Shane got cold feet and left Daisy with a broken heart. When the story starts, Shane is having second thoughts about Daisy and is trying to figure out a way to get her back in his life when he gets the call that his best friend, an NFL player has died and left him custody of his 16 year old son Drew. With the problems that come with instant fatherhood and the discovery that his friend’s death may have been a crime, getting together with Daisy becomes difficult. Throw in a former love interest causing trouble between them, Drew’s juvenile delinquent activities, a drug sting gone wrong and visits to the hospital and you have a recipe for a difficult road to reconciliation.
Shane knows he made a major mistake in letting Daisy go and he is not about to let anything get in the way of getting his woman. He went about wooing her back in a sweet, attentive, romantic way. One of my few complaints though is I thought she should have given him a much harder time before she jumped back in his bed. Shane is a little dense and early on makes a mistake – I loved the way Daisy tears into him and leaves him speechless.
It may me the sadist in me, but I also thought it would be fun to see Daisy do something drastic like go out on a date with another man, but she still got his interest by going out honky-tonkin’ with Shane’s sister Shea. When Daisy tried to tell Shea what he had done to make her so mad she said, “Nobody is that clueless!” I loved Shea’s reply:
I thought Ms. Davis did a good job winding up the story with the obligatory, big suspense scene and then the HEA. No epilogue which I would have liked, but I expect we will be seeing them again in future books.
The story centers around Sugarland police detective Shane Ford and co-worker/Juvenile Officer Daisy Callahan. Shane and Daisy had a previous short-term romantic relationship, but Shane got cold feet and left Daisy with a broken heart. When the story starts, Shane is having second thoughts about Daisy and is trying to figure out a way to get her back in his life when he gets the call that his best friend, an NFL player has died and left him custody of his 16 year old son Drew. With the problems that come with instant fatherhood and the discovery that his friend’s death may have been a crime, getting together with Daisy becomes difficult. Throw in a former love interest causing trouble between them, Drew’s juvenile delinquent activities, a drug sting gone wrong and visits to the hospital and you have a recipe for a difficult road to reconciliation.
Shane knows he made a major mistake in letting Daisy go and he is not about to let anything get in the way of getting his woman. He went about wooing her back in a sweet, attentive, romantic way. One of my few complaints though is I thought she should have given him a much harder time before she jumped back in his bed. Shane is a little dense and early on makes a mistake – I loved the way Daisy tears into him and leaves him speechless.
“Leslie?” he asked “She’s not my poodle, or my anything else!”
It may me the sadist in me, but I also thought it would be fun to see Daisy do something drastic like go out on a date with another man, but she still got his interest by going out honky-tonkin’ with Shane’s sister Shea. When Daisy tried to tell Shea what he had done to make her so mad she said, “Nobody is that clueless!” I loved Shea’s reply:
“Honey, he’s a man……They have filters in their brains that immediately delete any information deemed irrelevant to their essential needs at the moment.”
I thought Ms. Davis did a good job winding up the story with the obligatory, big suspense scene and then the HEA. No epilogue which I would have liked, but I expect we will be seeing them again in future books.
“I love you, Daisy. I love you so damned much. My heart and everything I am is yours. Please believe that.”
September 24, 2013
This was the first book I've ever read for author Jo Davis. Got it free here on one of the giveaways. I really enjoyed this book, it got off to a slow start, but then took off like a house on fire!!
Sworn To Protect is the first in the Sugarland Blue series. I'm a big fan of police procedurals. The two main characters were introduced in Firefighters of Station Five series. Mind you I've not read any of these books yet, but they are on my TBR pile.
Hunky Detective Shane Ford has had it bad for the lovely Juvenile Officer Daisy Callahan for a while now and blew it big time when he got cold feet after their relationship heated up. Shane becomes an instant father to teenager Drew Cooper after his father is found dead from an apparent drug overdose. Shane realizes how important his feeling are for Daisy. Together they try to help Drew come to terms with the lose of his father and in doing so discover his death was related to a deadly designer drug.
There were lots of twists and turns to this story, as well as some very hot steamy love scenes. I look forward to the next book in this series Hot Pursuit!!
Sworn To Protect is the first in the Sugarland Blue series. I'm a big fan of police procedurals. The two main characters were introduced in Firefighters of Station Five series. Mind you I've not read any of these books yet, but they are on my TBR pile.
Hunky Detective Shane Ford has had it bad for the lovely Juvenile Officer Daisy Callahan for a while now and blew it big time when he got cold feet after their relationship heated up. Shane becomes an instant father to teenager Drew Cooper after his father is found dead from an apparent drug overdose. Shane realizes how important his feeling are for Daisy. Together they try to help Drew come to terms with the lose of his father and in doing so discover his death was related to a deadly designer drug.
There were lots of twists and turns to this story, as well as some very hot steamy love scenes. I look forward to the next book in this series Hot Pursuit!!
May 15, 2013
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Ms. Davis did a fabulous job with keeping me interested throughout this book. I love the balance of suspense, family drama and romance that she brought to this novel.” ~Under the CoversBook Blog
Detective Shane Ford just lost his best friend, a famous football star Brad Cooper. His death was questionable and leads show that there may be foul play. Mean while, Shane is left with the care and guardianship over his teenage godson Drew. Poor guy has to adjust to a new school while having to deal with his dad’s loss. As a teenager would, Drew acted on what any lost teen would do, rebel and get in trouble with the law. A very rough situation.
In the sidelines, Daisy Callahan, a juvenile detective offers her service as a friend to Shane. She checked up on Drew and she offered him support in general. But if you read Armed and Dangerous, the prequel to this series, you know that Shane and Daisy had a past together. Daisy cares for him more than he will ever know.
Ms. Davis did a fabulous job with keeping me interested throughout this book. I love the balance of suspense, family drama and romance that she brought to this novel. The humor and banter were also sweet additions. I love Shane and Daisy. I thought they balanced each other and a workforce romance gone right. Where their sexual attraction was stronger in the prequel, their connection was stronger here. I feel that they connected on a deeper level. Don’t get me wrong, there are still plenty of steamy scenes and sexual tension in this book. No worries.
What surprised me the most is the there were also heart wrenching moments that made me tear up. I mean, this book is not just about the romance; it also focused on Drew’s Point of view. My heart just broke for him. It would be nice to actually see an adult story of Drew when he grows up. He has a very personable and intriguing character.
What I didnt know is that this book is closely related ms. Davis’ Fire Fighter of Station Five series. There were some appearances of firemen that peaked my curiosity. Like why was one called Six Pack? I definitely would want to know, so, that series have been moved up on my TBR list.
Overall, Sworn to Protect is a wonderful start to Sugarland Blue series.
*ARC provided by Publisher
Ms. Davis did a fabulous job with keeping me interested throughout this book. I love the balance of suspense, family drama and romance that she brought to this novel.” ~Under the CoversBook Blog
Detective Shane Ford just lost his best friend, a famous football star Brad Cooper. His death was questionable and leads show that there may be foul play. Mean while, Shane is left with the care and guardianship over his teenage godson Drew. Poor guy has to adjust to a new school while having to deal with his dad’s loss. As a teenager would, Drew acted on what any lost teen would do, rebel and get in trouble with the law. A very rough situation.
In the sidelines, Daisy Callahan, a juvenile detective offers her service as a friend to Shane. She checked up on Drew and she offered him support in general. But if you read Armed and Dangerous, the prequel to this series, you know that Shane and Daisy had a past together. Daisy cares for him more than he will ever know.
Ms. Davis did a fabulous job with keeping me interested throughout this book. I love the balance of suspense, family drama and romance that she brought to this novel. The humor and banter were also sweet additions. I love Shane and Daisy. I thought they balanced each other and a workforce romance gone right. Where their sexual attraction was stronger in the prequel, their connection was stronger here. I feel that they connected on a deeper level. Don’t get me wrong, there are still plenty of steamy scenes and sexual tension in this book. No worries.
What surprised me the most is the there were also heart wrenching moments that made me tear up. I mean, this book is not just about the romance; it also focused on Drew’s Point of view. My heart just broke for him. It would be nice to actually see an adult story of Drew when he grows up. He has a very personable and intriguing character.
What I didnt know is that this book is closely related ms. Davis’ Fire Fighter of Station Five series. There were some appearances of firemen that peaked my curiosity. Like why was one called Six Pack? I definitely would want to know, so, that series have been moved up on my TBR list.
Overall, Sworn to Protect is a wonderful start to Sugarland Blue series.
*ARC provided by Publisher
May 8, 2013
This series is off to a great start. With its wonderful cast of characters that include some of our old favorites from her previous series, its smoking hot love scenes, the strong sense of family and downright laugh out loud moments when you’re not expecting it.
Shane Ford and Daisy Callahan are characters we’ve meet throughout the Firefighters series. We got a glimpse of their relationship in the prequel Armed and Dangerous, which I recommend reading before this one. At the end of that one Shane’s fears cause him to walk away from Daisy and break her heart.
When Shane’s childhood friend Brad Cooper who is a NFL star and a single dad suddenly dies, Shane is thrust into the role of guardian/father to his godson Drew. Shane who was already having second thoughts about what he did to Daisy welcome’s her involvement to help him and Drew through the grieving process.
I thought the author did a great job of showing us all three angles of how each dealt with the grief. Shane had always been around Drew, helped raise him, so the love for him was already there but he was scared of suddenly being a parent to an angry grieving 16 year old. Drew didn’t quite have the wonderful life that most thought he did. His dad was absent most of the time and towards the end he ended up getting involved in things that lead to his death, all things that Drew had witnessed and kept to himself which eventually come back to haunt him and put him in danger. Daisy’s love for Shane and children made her be the glue that kept them all together but she was also very leery of handing her heart back over to Shane after what he did with it the last time.
The book dealt with a lot of serious subject matters dealt which in turn lead to some suspenseful scenes. During all of this we saw Shane decide he was going to fight for Daisy and win back her trust.
I’m thrilled about this new series and looking forward to many more books about the Sugarland PD.
Shane Ford and Daisy Callahan are characters we’ve meet throughout the Firefighters series. We got a glimpse of their relationship in the prequel Armed and Dangerous, which I recommend reading before this one. At the end of that one Shane’s fears cause him to walk away from Daisy and break her heart.
When Shane’s childhood friend Brad Cooper who is a NFL star and a single dad suddenly dies, Shane is thrust into the role of guardian/father to his godson Drew. Shane who was already having second thoughts about what he did to Daisy welcome’s her involvement to help him and Drew through the grieving process.
I thought the author did a great job of showing us all three angles of how each dealt with the grief. Shane had always been around Drew, helped raise him, so the love for him was already there but he was scared of suddenly being a parent to an angry grieving 16 year old. Drew didn’t quite have the wonderful life that most thought he did. His dad was absent most of the time and towards the end he ended up getting involved in things that lead to his death, all things that Drew had witnessed and kept to himself which eventually come back to haunt him and put him in danger. Daisy’s love for Shane and children made her be the glue that kept them all together but she was also very leery of handing her heart back over to Shane after what he did with it the last time.
The book dealt with a lot of serious subject matters dealt which in turn lead to some suspenseful scenes. During all of this we saw Shane decide he was going to fight for Daisy and win back her trust.
I’m thrilled about this new series and looking forward to many more books about the Sugarland PD.
September 21, 2014
This was really enjoyable. I loved Shane. The way he stepped up and took in Drew after his father died was just touching. What I didn't realize was that this is a spin off from the firemen series. The cast from the previous series is in this one which I really enjoyed. Looking forward to more from this series.
August 3, 2015
10/6 - Why the hell would any woman listen to exaggerations and half-truths like what Leslie's spouting? It's quite clear, or should be to any girl/woman who's ever dealt with another jealous girl/woman, that Leslie is either outright lying or exaggerating the truth till it's no longer recognisable as such. I mean her sexual exploits are no secret around the station (not that she feels any shame or embarrassment about her personal business being public knowledge), but it seems to me that most of the gossip regarding her male colleague conquests is likely to be rumours that have been spread so often they've become truth. I'm not a fan of Daisy's slut shaming of Leslie, but I'm also not a fan of Leslie's man-stealing behaviour. I guess they each got a taste of their own medicine and maybe they'll learn a lesson from this? Yeah, probably not. Leslie will continue conquesting every man who enters the station, and Daisy will continue judging her for this behaviour.
I don't know what's wrong with this story, but in contrast to my very recently (speed) read romance from Christy Reece, this is doing nothing for me. No desire to sit up all night reading it, no clenching of the heart at the sexual tension so thick you could cut it with a knife, no particular emotion for any of the characters (except sadness at the thought of losing my parents like Shane and Shea did). I was expecting this to be super hot and sexy, considering Joann Ross' comment on the back cover "sizzling...so hot, it singes the pages.", but I think she must have been talking about one of Davis' firefighter series books because, so far this has been kind of, well, BORING. I'm quite disappointed actually. Her firefighter series seems to have gotten rave reviews, so I'll give one of them a go before taking Jo Davis off my to read list. To be continued...
Later on page 172 - Suddenly Daisy sounds like a five year old - "The scanner around her head was kind of scary." and "Then she was transferred onto a tray like bed thing and shoved into a tube that started to whir and make strange knocking noises. She didn't like that either." Seriously!? Of all the medical tests you could have after getting beaten (or more likely a car accident), a CAT scan would be my favourite (and I should know, I've had them all, beginning when I was a baby and continuing on through childhood). You don't even have to deal with any needles, no contrast dye to make you nauseous, not even any electrodes stuck all over you, all you have to deal with is lying still and some noise - not 'scary' unless you're also scared of monsters under the bed.
11/6 - This is full of Davis telegraphing her plot twists. Two examples - just before Daisy goes out to a bar we're told that she's leaving her gun behind, something that (according to her) she (and most other cops) never does (and isn't explained except for when she asks herself why she would need a gun at a bar - was that meant to be ironic?, then she tries to break up a fight in the parking lot and gets bashed (blind Freddie could've seen that one coming). Then, before going on a drug bust stakeout with Taylor, Shane neglects to tell Daisy that he loves her, but assures himself that he'll do it as soon as he gets back from the stakeout - SHOCK HORROR! they end up driving the car into the river and nearly dying (well, not really because where would the story go from there?). Some of the lines are just ridiculous and completely unnecessary, like on page 206 - Shane and Taylor have escaped from their sinking car, but are still 'in danger' due to the possibility of hypothermia due to the freezing temperatures of both the night air and the river. He takes his mobile out of his jeans pocket, but realises it's dead, and then Shane comes up with this insightful thought "If they got out of this in one piece, he'd take it to the store and get a new one." Well, for God's sake!! Why do we need to be told this? Is this not what everyone in every country mobile phones are available in would do? What other option has he got? Make one out of spare parts? Magic one up out of thin air? And this is not the only instance of complete unnecessariness, every few pages I'm left going "Huh? Why are you wasting words telling us that completely irrelevant piece of information? You could have used that time and energy improving those yawn-worthy sex scenes. To be continued...
12/6 - No. This was NOT good for me! The sex scenes were boring, the characters were boring, the detective work was boring. This is a boring book. From all the praise Davis has received I was expecting a non-boring book. I have a food analogy - I was expecting a big, thick, juicy steak, but this book was more a leftover steak that you find in the back of the fridge with congealed fat dotted all over it - not appetising and memorable only for it's cold congealedness.
I don't know what's wrong with this story, but in contrast to my very recently (speed) read romance from Christy Reece, this is doing nothing for me. No desire to sit up all night reading it, no clenching of the heart at the sexual tension so thick you could cut it with a knife, no particular emotion for any of the characters (except sadness at the thought of losing my parents like Shane and Shea did). I was expecting this to be super hot and sexy, considering Joann Ross' comment on the back cover "sizzling...so hot, it singes the pages.", but I think she must have been talking about one of Davis' firefighter series books because, so far this has been kind of, well, BORING. I'm quite disappointed actually. Her firefighter series seems to have gotten rave reviews, so I'll give one of them a go before taking Jo Davis off my to read list. To be continued...
Later on page 172 - Suddenly Daisy sounds like a five year old - "The scanner around her head was kind of scary." and "Then she was transferred onto a tray like bed thing and shoved into a tube that started to whir and make strange knocking noises. She didn't like that either." Seriously!? Of all the medical tests you could have after getting beaten (or more likely a car accident), a CAT scan would be my favourite (and I should know, I've had them all, beginning when I was a baby and continuing on through childhood). You don't even have to deal with any needles, no contrast dye to make you nauseous, not even any electrodes stuck all over you, all you have to deal with is lying still and some noise - not 'scary' unless you're also scared of monsters under the bed.
11/6 - This is full of Davis telegraphing her plot twists. Two examples - just before Daisy goes out to a bar we're told that she's leaving her gun behind, something that (according to her) she (and most other cops) never does (and isn't explained except for when she asks herself why she would need a gun at a bar - was that meant to be ironic?, then she tries to break up a fight in the parking lot and gets bashed (blind Freddie could've seen that one coming). Then, before going on a drug bust stakeout with Taylor, Shane neglects to tell Daisy that he loves her, but assures himself that he'll do it as soon as he gets back from the stakeout - SHOCK HORROR! they end up driving the car into the river and nearly dying (well, not really because where would the story go from there?). Some of the lines are just ridiculous and completely unnecessary, like on page 206 - Shane and Taylor have escaped from their sinking car, but are still 'in danger' due to the possibility of hypothermia due to the freezing temperatures of both the night air and the river. He takes his mobile out of his jeans pocket, but realises it's dead, and then Shane comes up with this insightful thought "If they got out of this in one piece, he'd take it to the store and get a new one." Well, for God's sake!! Why do we need to be told this? Is this not what everyone in every country mobile phones are available in would do? What other option has he got? Make one out of spare parts? Magic one up out of thin air? And this is not the only instance of complete unnecessariness, every few pages I'm left going "Huh? Why are you wasting words telling us that completely irrelevant piece of information? You could have used that time and energy improving those yawn-worthy sex scenes. To be continued...
12/6 - No. This was NOT good for me! The sex scenes were boring, the characters were boring, the detective work was boring. This is a boring book. From all the praise Davis has received I was expecting a non-boring book. I have a food analogy - I was expecting a big, thick, juicy steak, but this book was more a leftover steak that you find in the back of the fridge with congealed fat dotted all over it - not appetising and memorable only for it's cold congealedness.
May 11, 2013
Sworn to Protect is the first book in Jo Davis’s new Sugarland Blue series. This is my first time reading anything by Jo Davis, and this will not be my last. Sworn to Protect is Contemporary Romance Suspense, and an excellent fun read.
We meet our hero, Shane Ford, at the Sugarland police station, as all the detectives were sitting around complaining of boredom, and the simple cases they get. Shortly thereafter, Shane and another detective are called onto a murder case.
During this time, Shane laments his lost relationship with Daisy, a female cop in the Juvenile division. Daisy Callahan is our heroine, and she makes a wonderful caring cop, who works with young & teenage children. She still loves Shane, but was hurt badly when they broke up. Shane was not ready to settle down, and now he regrets his actions, especially every time he sees Daisy, who is very beautiful and sexy, as all the men ogle Daisy, which makes Shane angry.
When Shane’s best friend dies, he has to take care of his teenage god-son, Drew. It is Daisy, who drops everything to help Shane, who needs all the help he can get trying to be a father figure to Drew. From this point on, this becomes a multi faceted story of a beautiful romance, a teenage boy trying to rebuild his life and get past a terrible tragedy, of friends and family joining together to help those they care about, and a murder mystery that puts a few lives in danger. Shane and Daisy made the perfect couple, and their steamy sex scenes were on fire. During the suspense of tying together a mystery that will tie all the pieces together, it was a wonderful story of true romance, with a great cast of wonderful characters. I really enjoyed this story, as I read this in one day. I plan to continue to read this series.
Barb
The Reading Cafe
We meet our hero, Shane Ford, at the Sugarland police station, as all the detectives were sitting around complaining of boredom, and the simple cases they get. Shortly thereafter, Shane and another detective are called onto a murder case.
During this time, Shane laments his lost relationship with Daisy, a female cop in the Juvenile division. Daisy Callahan is our heroine, and she makes a wonderful caring cop, who works with young & teenage children. She still loves Shane, but was hurt badly when they broke up. Shane was not ready to settle down, and now he regrets his actions, especially every time he sees Daisy, who is very beautiful and sexy, as all the men ogle Daisy, which makes Shane angry.
When Shane’s best friend dies, he has to take care of his teenage god-son, Drew. It is Daisy, who drops everything to help Shane, who needs all the help he can get trying to be a father figure to Drew. From this point on, this becomes a multi faceted story of a beautiful romance, a teenage boy trying to rebuild his life and get past a terrible tragedy, of friends and family joining together to help those they care about, and a murder mystery that puts a few lives in danger. Shane and Daisy made the perfect couple, and their steamy sex scenes were on fire. During the suspense of tying together a mystery that will tie all the pieces together, it was a wonderful story of true romance, with a great cast of wonderful characters. I really enjoyed this story, as I read this in one day. I plan to continue to read this series.
Barb
The Reading Cafe
May 23, 2013
My Review:
This was a pretty good book. The issue I had with it probably wouldn't have happened if I didn't read the novella before it. In that novella, Shane and Daisy hook up. The thing is at the time of the hook-up, Daisy was very clear that she knew Shane wasn't a long-term guy. She knew that and even acknowledged it in that novella. But suddenly at the start of this book. she's hurt and wounded and angry because she expected more from Shane. That just didn't sit right with the way that everything was presented in the novella and it really affected my enjoyment of this book. That reaction didn't fit.
Besides that, this was an enjoyable book. Shane's best friend Brad suddenly dies leaving Shane to care for his 16 yo son. Suddenly Shane is faced with responsibility, a family, and mortality along with a hurting, confused teenager. Enter Daisy, cop who works with troubled teens into the scene. That part of the story was a great set-up. I loved the addition to Brad and what he added to the story. He's hurting so much and as a typical teen, tends to lash out and act rashly although he's not a bad kid. As a reader, my heart broke for him. He definitely added a lot of emotion to the story and the whole story pretty much circles around him and the mystery of his father's death, which worked for me.
This book is setting up the entire series and I'm excited. I like the cops we've seen and how they all interact with the firemen that we love from Jo Davis's previous series. That was especially true of this first book because Shane's twin sister, Shea, is married to one of those firemen so both those characters played heavily in this story. While this first book didn't hit all the perfect buttons for me, I can already tell that the series as a whole is going to. I'm excited about it and can't wait for the next book.
This was a pretty good book. The issue I had with it probably wouldn't have happened if I didn't read the novella before it. In that novella, Shane and Daisy hook up. The thing is at the time of the hook-up, Daisy was very clear that she knew Shane wasn't a long-term guy. She knew that and even acknowledged it in that novella. But suddenly at the start of this book. she's hurt and wounded and angry because she expected more from Shane. That just didn't sit right with the way that everything was presented in the novella and it really affected my enjoyment of this book. That reaction didn't fit.
Besides that, this was an enjoyable book. Shane's best friend Brad suddenly dies leaving Shane to care for his 16 yo son. Suddenly Shane is faced with responsibility, a family, and mortality along with a hurting, confused teenager. Enter Daisy, cop who works with troubled teens into the scene. That part of the story was a great set-up. I loved the addition to Brad and what he added to the story. He's hurting so much and as a typical teen, tends to lash out and act rashly although he's not a bad kid. As a reader, my heart broke for him. He definitely added a lot of emotion to the story and the whole story pretty much circles around him and the mystery of his father's death, which worked for me.
This book is setting up the entire series and I'm excited. I like the cops we've seen and how they all interact with the firemen that we love from Jo Davis's previous series. That was especially true of this first book because Shane's twin sister, Shea, is married to one of those firemen so both those characters played heavily in this story. While this first book didn't hit all the perfect buttons for me, I can already tell that the series as a whole is going to. I'm excited about it and can't wait for the next book.
August 27, 2013
ไม่แน่ใจว่า เป็นเพราะทิศทางของหนังสือยุคนี้เรื่องแนวปัจจุบันตอนนี้โน้มเอียงไปเรื่องแนวปัจจุบันเพียว ๆ ที่ไม่เน้นแนวสืบสวนมากนัก ทำให้เมื่อเราอ่านเล่มนี้ และคาดหวังว่า จะเป็นเรื่องแนวโรแมนติคสืบสวน ก็เลยผิดหวังมากไปหน่อย เพราะเรื่องแทบไม่ได้มีการสืบสวนเลย เหมือนเรื่องรักในเมืองเล็กมากกว่า (ซึ่งก็ไม่ได้เสียหายนะคะ เพียงแต่เราไม่ได้คาดหวังว่าจะเจอกับเรื่องแนวนี้
นักสืบเชน ฟอร์ดซึ่งเมื่อหลายเดือนก่อนเริ่มต้นความสัมพันธ์กับเพื่อนตำรวจเดซี คัลลาแฮน แต่ความกลับความผูกพันของเขาทำให้เชนตัดสินใจบอกเลิกกับเธอ การตัดสินใจที่เขาเริ่มรู้สึกเสียใจ ในขณะที่เริ่มคิดว่า จะกลับไปสานความสัมพันธ์กับเดซีอีกครั้ง ข่าวร้ายก็มาถึง เพื่อนรุ่นพี่ที่สนิทมาก ๆ ของเขาเสียชีวิต และเพื่อนก็ไว้ใจเชนมากพอที่จะให้เชนเป็นผู้ปกครองลูกชายวัยรุ่นของเขา และนั่นทำให้ชีวิตของเชนพลิกจากหน้ามือเป็นหลังมือ
จากชายที่ใช้ชีวิตสนุกสนาน ไม่ต้องรับผิดชอบอะไรมากมาย เขามีเด็กชายอีกคน เด็กชายที่สูญเสียบิดาไป และกำลังอยู่ในความโศกเศร้า ให้ต้องดูแล แต่ก็โชคดีตรงที่เดซีเข้ามาช่วยเหลือ และเป็นกำลังใจให้เขา
คาแร็คเตอร์ของเชนเคยออกมามีบทบาทในหนังสือชุด Firefighters of Station Five (เป็นพี่ชายของหนึ่งในนางเอกชุดนั้น) จากอาชีพที่เขาทำซึ่งก็คือตำรวจ ชื่อเรื่อง และหน้าปก เราคาดหวังเรื่องแนวสืบสวน หรือแอ็คชั่นไล่จับผู้ร้าย แล้วก็ผสมกับโรแมนซ์ฮ็อต ๆ ตามสไตล์ของโจ เดวิส แต่ปรากฎว่า เรื่องนี้กลายเป็นรักในเมืองเล็ก หวาน ๆ ของชายผู้เคยทำผิดพลาด และอยากจะมีโอกาสที่สองกับหญิงสาวที่เขาหลงรัก แถมมาด้วยเด็กชายที่จู่ ๆ เขาก็กลายมาเป็นเป็นผู้ปกครอง
พล็อตที่อาจจะเรียกได้ว่า สืบสวนก็คงเป็นส่วนการตายของเพื่อนของเชน (ที่ทิ้งลูกให้เชนเลี้ยง) แต่นั่นก็ไม่ได้ซับซ้อนหรือน่าสนใจ นอกจากนี้คาแร็คเตอร์ของดรูว์ (เด็กที่เชนเลี้ยง) ก็ดูประพฤติตนไม่เหมือนเด็กวัยรุ่นอเมริกันเท่าไหร มันมีช่วงที่เหมือน แล้วก็ช่วงที่หลุดคาแร็คเตอร์ไปเลย
โดยรวมผิดหวังค่ะ แต่อาจเพราะเราคาดการณ์ว่าจะได้อ่านหนังสือแบบนึง แต่ได้อีกแบบนึงมาแทน ถ้าไม่ได้คาดหวังเอาไว้ เราอาจชอบเล่มนี้มากกว่านี้
นักสืบเชน ฟอร์ดซึ่งเมื่อหลายเดือนก่อนเริ่มต้นความสัมพันธ์กับเพื่อนตำรวจเดซี คัลลาแฮน แต่ความกลับความผูกพันของเขาทำให้เชนตัดสินใจบอกเลิกกับเธอ การตัดสินใจที่เขาเริ่มรู้สึกเสียใจ ในขณะที่เริ่มคิดว่า จะกลับไปสานความสัมพันธ์กับเดซีอีกครั้ง ข่าวร้ายก็มาถึง เพื่อนรุ่นพี่ที่สนิทมาก ๆ ของเขาเสียชีวิต และเพื่อนก็ไว้ใจเชนมากพอที่จะให้เชนเป็นผู้ปกครองลูกชายวัยรุ่นของเขา และนั่นทำให้ชีวิตของเชนพลิกจากหน้ามือเป็นหลังมือ
จากชายที่ใช้ชีวิตสนุกสนาน ไม่ต้องรับผิดชอบอะไรมากมาย เขามีเด็กชายอีกคน เด็กชายที่สูญเสียบิดาไป และกำลังอยู่ในความโศกเศร้า ให้ต้องดูแล แต่ก็โชคดีตรงที่เดซีเข้ามาช่วยเหลือ และเป็นกำลังใจให้เขา
คาแร็คเตอร์ของเชนเคยออกมามีบทบาทในหนังสือชุด Firefighters of Station Five (เป็นพี่ชายของหนึ่งในนางเอกชุดนั้น) จากอาชีพที่เขาทำซึ่งก็คือตำรวจ ชื่อเรื่อง และหน้าปก เราคาดหวังเรื่องแนวสืบสวน หรือแอ็คชั่นไล่จับผู้ร้าย แล้วก็ผสมกับโรแมนซ์ฮ็อต ๆ ตามสไตล์ของโจ เดวิส แต่ปรากฎว่า เรื่องนี้กลายเป็นรักในเมืองเล็ก หวาน ๆ ของชายผู้เคยทำผิดพลาด และอยากจะมีโอกาสที่สองกับหญิงสาวที่เขาหลงรัก แถมมาด้วยเด็กชายที่จู่ ๆ เขาก็กลายมาเป็นเป็นผู้ปกครอง
พล็อตที่อาจจะเรียกได้ว่า สืบสวนก็คงเป็นส่วนการตายของเพื่อนของเชน (ที่ทิ้งลูกให้เชนเลี้ยง) แต่นั่นก็ไม่ได้ซับซ้อนหรือน่าสนใจ นอกจากนี้คาแร็คเตอร์ของดรูว์ (เด็กที่เชนเลี้ยง) ก็ดูประพฤติตนไม่เหมือนเด็กวัยรุ่นอเมริกันเท่าไหร มันมีช่วงที่เหมือน แล้วก็ช่วงที่หลุดคาแร็คเตอร์ไปเลย
โดยรวมผิดหวังค่ะ แต่อาจเพราะเราคาดการณ์ว่าจะได้อ่านหนังสือแบบนึง แต่ได้อีกแบบนึงมาแทน ถ้าไม่ได้คาดหวังเอาไว้ เราอาจชอบเล่มนี้มากกว่านี้
June 27, 2013
(June) This was a relatively quick read, and probably should is more of a 3* or 3.5* book, since there's not a lot of depth to the characters or the love story. But - it's sweet in a way and I loved seeing the Firehouse boys, especially Tommy, who plays a pretty big role in the story. Shane and Daisy are a sweet couple, but there is not much conflict - they'd had a bit of a fling before (in a novella I did not read) and now they still have feelings for one another, but Shane, a confirmed bachelor, is fighting them. The death of Shane's best friend brings them back into each other's lives, as Shane becomes the guardian of his friend's teenage son. For a short book (under 300 pgs) there are quite a few sexytime scenes, including two improbable ones that take place when one or the other are just barely recovered from serious injury (yeah, sure - I have a concussion and stitches, but what the hell - a quick handjob is easy enough to provide...!). Sometimes I do wish female authors would try a bit harder when writing guys' dialogue - some of what they say I just cannot imagine any guy saying (one teenage boy to another - "I held out the olive branch..." -I mean, really? Plus sometimes I feel like all these guys have found their inner Dr. Phil as they talk about their feelings, etc.!). I just found this a nice, enjoyable read and look forward to continuing the series, although I don't think I'll like it as much as I did the Firefighters of Station 5 books, which I really loved.
March 25, 2013
Let me start with I have read all of Jo Davis books on Firefighters of Station Five and love every one (those are some hot men). This new series proves to be along the same lines but with the officers in blue.
Detective Shane Ford, Sugarland’s favorite cop,who you meet in the Firefighters of Station Five, who is best friends with a NFL player ,learns of his death through a friend. In a instant he become guardian of a sixteen year old teenager,who he has no idea how to get him to open up about anything.
Juvenile Detective Daisy Callahan, whose job is to protect the teen’s best interests. Shane and Daisy have a history together. They rekindle their feelings for each other while trying to help Drew and solve the murder of his father.
A very worth while read. I can't wait to read more from this series.
Reviewed by Becky for Cocktails and Books
Detective Shane Ford, Sugarland’s favorite cop,who you meet in the Firefighters of Station Five, who is best friends with a NFL player ,learns of his death through a friend. In a instant he become guardian of a sixteen year old teenager,who he has no idea how to get him to open up about anything.
Juvenile Detective Daisy Callahan, whose job is to protect the teen’s best interests. Shane and Daisy have a history together. They rekindle their feelings for each other while trying to help Drew and solve the murder of his father.
A very worth while read. I can't wait to read more from this series.
Reviewed by Becky for Cocktails and Books
July 27, 2013
The first book in the Sugarland Blue series by Jo Davis. This appears to be a spin-off series from Jo Davis' Firefighters of Station Five series. Shane Ford is a detective for the Sugarland police department and the brother of Shea Ford/Skyler of the series. His best friend dies and Shane is left to raise his son, Drew. Daisy Callahan is his love interest and a fellow police officer.
An exciting ride, for sure, and a great start of the series. The romance started before the book so I was a tad bit disappointed in that. Shane had cold feet and broke Daisy's heart and regreted it. But the focus seemed balanced between the suspense and romance.
An exciting ride, for sure, and a great start of the series. The romance started before the book so I was a tad bit disappointed in that. Shane had cold feet and broke Daisy's heart and regreted it. But the focus seemed balanced between the suspense and romance.
January 22, 2014
3, 3.5 stars
I liked this book, I didn't love it though and there were parts that I was kinda rolling my eyes at. I mean, I love a man to be sweet, I do, but sometimes it's like...too much...and there were a few moments of "too much" in there.
I loved Drew and his pain and the whole teenage thing and his relationship with Shane, and it was one of the more realistic aspects of the book as far as their interaction and all that.
Daisy was cool...but almost...idk...I have a small problem with her but can't quite articulate what it was. I liked the whole figuring out what's happening thing and love cops! Would read more from this author.
I liked this book, I didn't love it though and there were parts that I was kinda rolling my eyes at. I mean, I love a man to be sweet, I do, but sometimes it's like...too much...and there were a few moments of "too much" in there.
I loved Drew and his pain and the whole teenage thing and his relationship with Shane, and it was one of the more realistic aspects of the book as far as their interaction and all that.
Daisy was cool...but almost...idk...I have a small problem with her but can't quite articulate what it was. I liked the whole figuring out what's happening thing and love cops! Would read more from this author.
September 27, 2014
After reading this I'm mad at myself for waiting so long. I loved her firefighters so I was shocked with myself for waiting so long. It was worth the wait! The characters are great, with a well-written story line. Often you will feel yourself tear up. A must read.
June 28, 2020
Detective Shane Ford's best friend, NFL star Brad Cooper, has just died and Shane finds himself caring for his sixteen year old son, Drew. At the same time, he is trying to make up for his behavior earlier in the year when he pushed Juvenile Officer Daisy Callahan out of his life. Daisy is understandably fearful of giving Shane another chance to hurt her. In the meantime, Drew starts at his new school and makes friends with a boy who leads him into trouble: skipping school, vandalism, smoking, and spying on the local drug dealer who happens to be his new friend's father. When Drew witnesses a murder, Shane must step in before his godson gets himself killed.
Sworn to Protect doesn't deliver much in the way of romantic suspense. The middle of the book is very slow, missing the opportunity to develop the suspense and the romance. Even though Daisy seems reluctant to reconnect with Shane, she ignores her fears completely to jump back into a relationship with him. Drew's situation doesn't amp up the suspense until almost the end of the book. The little conflict that there is in the story is very quickly solved. Overall, a disappointing miss.
Sworn to Protect doesn't deliver much in the way of romantic suspense. The middle of the book is very slow, missing the opportunity to develop the suspense and the romance. Even though Daisy seems reluctant to reconnect with Shane, she ignores her fears completely to jump back into a relationship with him. Drew's situation doesn't amp up the suspense until almost the end of the book. The little conflict that there is in the story is very quickly solved. Overall, a disappointing miss.
June 30, 2017
An easy, quick read of steamy romance and suspense.
Detective Shane Ford never thought he would actually end up raising his best friend's son, but after a bad batch of performance enhancing drugs, Shane becomes legal guardian of 16 year old Drew.
Although she and Shane have hooked up before, shattering their friendship and her heart, she feels the need to go to him when she learns of his friend's death. Since she works with juveniles each day, she is also looking out for Drew. As the two try to help get Drew settled into his new life, old feelings come up between them.
Shane is lucky that Daisy agrees to take him back, but she has loved him from afar for years. As their relationship grows, Drew makes a friend at school. Unfortunately, the friend is not a good influence. By the end of the story, Drew has been kidnapped and Shane and his police buddies are trying to figure out where he is and how to get to him in time. There's plenty of suspense along the way to the climatic events though.
Fans of Davis will see characters from her Fire Station Five series of books as well.
Detective Shane Ford never thought he would actually end up raising his best friend's son, but after a bad batch of performance enhancing drugs, Shane becomes legal guardian of 16 year old Drew.
Although she and Shane have hooked up before, shattering their friendship and her heart, she feels the need to go to him when she learns of his friend's death. Since she works with juveniles each day, she is also looking out for Drew. As the two try to help get Drew settled into his new life, old feelings come up between them.
Shane is lucky that Daisy agrees to take him back, but she has loved him from afar for years. As their relationship grows, Drew makes a friend at school. Unfortunately, the friend is not a good influence. By the end of the story, Drew has been kidnapped and Shane and his police buddies are trying to figure out where he is and how to get to him in time. There's plenty of suspense along the way to the climatic events though.
Fans of Davis will see characters from her Fire Station Five series of books as well.
August 6, 2017
Es una historia entretenida con unas dosis de acción que solo hacen que no puedas apartar los ojos de la lectura.
Shane es un policía candente que no me molestaría me arrestara.
Shane es un policía candente que no me molestaría me arrestara.
September 11, 2017
Hermoso! :3 A pesar de que lloré por la muerte de Brad.
April 2, 2018
I couldn't really connect with any of the characters the story was ok but the style came across as really juvenile and considering that they were all cops they really did some stupid things!
May 1, 2018
Lots of things going on from death of a close friend, to the hard decisions taking in a teenager and repairing a relationship. Hunky cop and hot cop babe pulling together.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 9, 2019
(Explícito). Bien, relajante y todo eso. Un poco lento y desesperante. Buenos diálogos, narrado en tercera persona y ofrece distintos puntos de vista.
January 16, 2022
A little bit of a slow start, but overall a good book.
August 15, 2025
thoroughly enjoyed it from front to back. worth a read.
May 12, 2013
Reviewed here first: http://smexybooks.com/2013/05/review-...
When Detective Shane Ford’s best friend, Brad Cooper, dies unexpectedly he becomes the guardian of Brad’s son, 16 year old Drew. Shane has been a part of Drew’s life since he was a baby, but the closeness they’ve always shared is tested when it appears that Brad died of a drug overdose. Shane is shocked to learn this and doesn’t want to believe it. He also senses that Drew is hiding something but strikes it up to teenage angst and the horror of finding his father dead.
Detective Daisy Callahan and Shane had a brief affair that ended badly when Shane called it off with no explanation. Their work relationship is strained, but when Daisy hears the news about Brad, she knows that Shane will be devastated and puts aside all her bad feelings to be his friend and be there for him and Drew at this time. Daisy is still very much in love with Shane and even though he hurt her, she’ll do whatever she can to help, even with her heart at risk.
When another dead body turns up and there are remnants of the drug that was found in Brad’s system on this body, Shane and his fellow detectives start putting the pieces together to try and find a connection. When danger comes knocking on Shane’s front door he’ll do whatever he has to do to keep his new family safe.
I really enjoyed Jo Davis’s Firefighters of Station Five series, so I had high expectations for this book. I was thrilled to see that there was a crossover when characters from the firefighter series started to pop up in this story. I had felt that the firefighter’s series had ended rather abruptly, so it was a real plus that this felt like a continuation of sorts. While the suspense part of this story worked for me, there were parts of the romance that just did not.
Shane moves Drew into his home, so on top losing his dad, Drew has to change schools. For a teenager, this is a very difficult thing and I thought the way the author wrote Drew’s character and his response to these changes was realistic. Shane may have been a part of Drew’s life since his childhood, but no matter what, the loss of a parent is immeasurably difficult. Drew does some typical teenage things, acting out, cutting class and befriending a boy named Ty, who would not be any parent’s first choice in a friend. Ty, however, cannot be judged by his exterior look and I knew that the façade he portrayed was just him surviving the best way he knew how. Their friendship becomes a pivotal part of the suspense plot. As a reader, I was able to connect the dots pretty quickly, but it didn’t lessen my enjoyment of that part of the story.
As for Shane and Daisy, I liked parts of their story and disliked others. Right off the bat we know that Shane and Daisy had an affair and Shane breaks it off leaving Daisy confused and hurt. Shane knows this, but rather then make amends, Shane does nothing and their relationship had been reduced to a barely civilized work only relationship. They’ve still got it bad for each other though. When Brad dies, Daisy puts all her hurt feelings aside and is there for Shane and Drew. I was okay with this because I knew she still loved him. She was the bigger person providing friendship and comfort to both Shane and Drew. But when their relationship gets physical again, I thought Daisy gave in too easily. I was never clear on why Shane broke it off to begin with, but Daisy moves forward after very little apology on Shane’s part. I know that tragedies can often bring people together and make them closer and I guess that’s what the author used here.
That aside, there were two things that didn’t work for me with their relationship. On the physical side, the author has these two engage in a sex act on two occasions when one of them has been injured and has just come home from the hospital. Yes, sex is fun, and we love the smexy time in our romances; but if you need a hand job that bad when your girlfriend has just come home from the hospital grab some lube and do it yourself. Concurrently, later in the book when Shane has been shot, they “find a way” to have sex because it’s been a whole week and Shane’s just gotta have it. Secondly, the dialogue between these two was too corny for my taste. After about the third eye roll on my part, I’d had enough.
While Shane and Daisy’s romance didn’t blow me away, I like how they handled the ready-made family theme here with Shane’s guardianship of Drew. It wasn’t forced and Drew’s teenage angst and poor choices were believable. Not on par with the previous Firefighter’s series in my opinion, but I’ll probably read book 2.
When Detective Shane Ford’s best friend, Brad Cooper, dies unexpectedly he becomes the guardian of Brad’s son, 16 year old Drew. Shane has been a part of Drew’s life since he was a baby, but the closeness they’ve always shared is tested when it appears that Brad died of a drug overdose. Shane is shocked to learn this and doesn’t want to believe it. He also senses that Drew is hiding something but strikes it up to teenage angst and the horror of finding his father dead.
Detective Daisy Callahan and Shane had a brief affair that ended badly when Shane called it off with no explanation. Their work relationship is strained, but when Daisy hears the news about Brad, she knows that Shane will be devastated and puts aside all her bad feelings to be his friend and be there for him and Drew at this time. Daisy is still very much in love with Shane and even though he hurt her, she’ll do whatever she can to help, even with her heart at risk.
When another dead body turns up and there are remnants of the drug that was found in Brad’s system on this body, Shane and his fellow detectives start putting the pieces together to try and find a connection. When danger comes knocking on Shane’s front door he’ll do whatever he has to do to keep his new family safe.
I really enjoyed Jo Davis’s Firefighters of Station Five series, so I had high expectations for this book. I was thrilled to see that there was a crossover when characters from the firefighter series started to pop up in this story. I had felt that the firefighter’s series had ended rather abruptly, so it was a real plus that this felt like a continuation of sorts. While the suspense part of this story worked for me, there were parts of the romance that just did not.
Shane moves Drew into his home, so on top losing his dad, Drew has to change schools. For a teenager, this is a very difficult thing and I thought the way the author wrote Drew’s character and his response to these changes was realistic. Shane may have been a part of Drew’s life since his childhood, but no matter what, the loss of a parent is immeasurably difficult. Drew does some typical teenage things, acting out, cutting class and befriending a boy named Ty, who would not be any parent’s first choice in a friend. Ty, however, cannot be judged by his exterior look and I knew that the façade he portrayed was just him surviving the best way he knew how. Their friendship becomes a pivotal part of the suspense plot. As a reader, I was able to connect the dots pretty quickly, but it didn’t lessen my enjoyment of that part of the story.
As for Shane and Daisy, I liked parts of their story and disliked others. Right off the bat we know that Shane and Daisy had an affair and Shane breaks it off leaving Daisy confused and hurt. Shane knows this, but rather then make amends, Shane does nothing and their relationship had been reduced to a barely civilized work only relationship. They’ve still got it bad for each other though. When Brad dies, Daisy puts all her hurt feelings aside and is there for Shane and Drew. I was okay with this because I knew she still loved him. She was the bigger person providing friendship and comfort to both Shane and Drew. But when their relationship gets physical again, I thought Daisy gave in too easily. I was never clear on why Shane broke it off to begin with, but Daisy moves forward after very little apology on Shane’s part. I know that tragedies can often bring people together and make them closer and I guess that’s what the author used here.
That aside, there were two things that didn’t work for me with their relationship. On the physical side, the author has these two engage in a sex act on two occasions when one of them has been injured and has just come home from the hospital. Yes, sex is fun, and we love the smexy time in our romances; but if you need a hand job that bad when your girlfriend has just come home from the hospital grab some lube and do it yourself. Concurrently, later in the book when Shane has been shot, they “find a way” to have sex because it’s been a whole week and Shane’s just gotta have it. Secondly, the dialogue between these two was too corny for my taste. After about the third eye roll on my part, I’d had enough.
While Shane and Daisy’s romance didn’t blow me away, I like how they handled the ready-made family theme here with Shane’s guardianship of Drew. It wasn’t forced and Drew’s teenage angst and poor choices were believable. Not on par with the previous Firefighter’s series in my opinion, but I’ll probably read book 2.
December 10, 2015
DNF 56%
I knew I didn't really like Daisy from the prequel.. but I hoped that it's going to be somehow different when we got the whole story. Sadly I was wrong. Nothing about her made sense to me, not considering she is a grown women. Shane was okay, I really liked him but couldn't see what he found in Daisy which was a part of the problem.. I struggled with this one almost from the start. At the third mark I knew it's NOT going to be a favorite but on 56% I decided it's only getting to a place when I want them APART and not together so.. that's where I stopped.
Let's start talking about the relationship.. In the prequel we already learned that Daisy had a crush on Shane for YEARS. Then working together they "stumble" into bed together. It was CLEAR for BOTH of them that it won't lead to anything. Shane doesn't "date", and so even though Daisy wants to have his kids, she is ONLY going to have the sex. She could have rejected him, but she was WAY too much attracted to him (as I wrote before she was practically drooling over him..) so when we start this novel with her saying how much HE HURT HER I felt sorry for her. He did NOTHING. They had sex, it meant nothing, she knew that, so how exactly did he do anything wrong? when he didn't call her after? It made NO sense whatsoever. Later on she gets jealous and instead of asking him "what up?" she takes the word of someone who hates her guts (and was clearly trying to hurt her). Then she doesn't speak to him AT ALL though he tries desperately to talk to her. What she does? Takes an advice from a friend to let him stew for a week more. WHAT???? Are you 14 years old? I stopped reading when she got into THE most stupid and careless situation EVER - and naturally got hurt. That's where I realized that I couldn't care less about her.. :/
The big issue in this book is Shane's best friend dying from an OD leaving him as the guardian of his 17 years old son - Drew. I didn't know how I'd react to the whole issue because I don't usually enjoy reading of kids in romance novels. It was done well though. He was struggling, and Shane was struggling as well, grieving and trying to be a father figure for his best friend's son. There's still a lot to figure out about what happened to his father and why he ODed. Also Drew is getting into trouble because he is so lost. I felt bad for him and thought that Shane did a pretty good job. Also Tommy (Shea's husband) had a little to say and I liked his attitude :) What I didn't like? one guess - Daisy.. After the second time she meets Drew she states she "cares about him". It was total unrealistic and felt exactly as Drew saw it - her way of getting close to Shane. Even if she did a good job and she had solid advice it never felt genuine when I always KNEW she was after Shane.
This was a real disappointment. It was all "Daisy's fault", I didn't like her so I couldn't for the life of me wish for her to have a HEA with Shane, because him I actually REALLY liked and would have asked for someone WAY better than her for him. He was really TRYING to start something real with Daisy but she never truly gave him a chance she just went along with her attraction and when morning came she couldn't deal with him.
I'm going to read the next ones but I think I'm going to take a little break and read something else so my annoyance levels drops a bit. I don't want my opinion of this one cloud my read of the next ones.
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I knew I didn't really like Daisy from the prequel.. but I hoped that it's going to be somehow different when we got the whole story. Sadly I was wrong. Nothing about her made sense to me, not considering she is a grown women. Shane was okay, I really liked him but couldn't see what he found in Daisy which was a part of the problem.. I struggled with this one almost from the start. At the third mark I knew it's NOT going to be a favorite but on 56% I decided it's only getting to a place when I want them APART and not together so.. that's where I stopped.
Let's start talking about the relationship.. In the prequel we already learned that Daisy had a crush on Shane for YEARS. Then working together they "stumble" into bed together. It was CLEAR for BOTH of them that it won't lead to anything. Shane doesn't "date", and so even though Daisy wants to have his kids, she is ONLY going to have the sex. She could have rejected him, but she was WAY too much attracted to him (as I wrote before she was practically drooling over him..) so when we start this novel with her saying how much HE HURT HER I felt sorry for her. He did NOTHING. They had sex, it meant nothing, she knew that, so how exactly did he do anything wrong? when he didn't call her after? It made NO sense whatsoever. Later on she gets jealous and instead of asking him "what up?" she takes the word of someone who hates her guts (and was clearly trying to hurt her). Then she doesn't speak to him AT ALL though he tries desperately to talk to her. What she does? Takes an advice from a friend to let him stew for a week more. WHAT???? Are you 14 years old? I stopped reading when she got into THE most stupid and careless situation EVER - and naturally got hurt. That's where I realized that I couldn't care less about her.. :/
The big issue in this book is Shane's best friend dying from an OD leaving him as the guardian of his 17 years old son - Drew. I didn't know how I'd react to the whole issue because I don't usually enjoy reading of kids in romance novels. It was done well though. He was struggling, and Shane was struggling as well, grieving and trying to be a father figure for his best friend's son. There's still a lot to figure out about what happened to his father and why he ODed. Also Drew is getting into trouble because he is so lost. I felt bad for him and thought that Shane did a pretty good job. Also Tommy (Shea's husband) had a little to say and I liked his attitude :) What I didn't like? one guess - Daisy.. After the second time she meets Drew she states she "cares about him". It was total unrealistic and felt exactly as Drew saw it - her way of getting close to Shane. Even if she did a good job and she had solid advice it never felt genuine when I always KNEW she was after Shane.
This was a real disappointment. It was all "Daisy's fault", I didn't like her so I couldn't for the life of me wish for her to have a HEA with Shane, because him I actually REALLY liked and would have asked for someone WAY better than her for him. He was really TRYING to start something real with Daisy but she never truly gave him a chance she just went along with her attraction and when morning came she couldn't deal with him.
I'm going to read the next ones but I think I'm going to take a little break and read something else so my annoyance levels drops a bit. I don't want my opinion of this one cloud my read of the next ones.
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May 14, 2013
Review posted: Happily Ever After - Reads
Blog rating: D
The story opens with our hero, Shane, finding out that his best friend Brad died of a suspected overdose leaving behind his teenage son. Shane was given custody of Drew and the two struggle to deal with their pain over losing someone they both loved and finding a way to make their new life work. Add in Daisy, a woman that Shane messed up big time with in the past, having brushed her off after they had sex and regretting the brush off ever since. Daisy is still dealing with the pain of what Shane did, she foolishly thought that their short time together was the start of something big, and was crushed after Shane called things off before they ever really got started. Now they’re back together working on Brad’s case and helping Drew adjust to life without his dad. But when Drew finds himself in the middle of a bad situation, connected to the drugs his dad was taking, it takes both Shane and Daisy to help find and save him.
Right off, I had issues with this story. For as much pain and angst that was set up for Shane and Daisy and how much I thought we were led to believe that Daisy hated Shane for how he treated her, they sure fell back into bed and a relationship way too easy. Daisy, at one point, even acknowledges this and makes a comment about probably regretting the decision to sleep with Shane again, but she’s so drawn to him, she just can’t say no. Their relationship felt like it had zero depth to it. I wanted Shane to have to work for it, to make some effort to get Daisy back and it just wasn’t there. Why bother with setting up this angsty past for them to only brush it off so easily? It set a bad tone for their relationship for me and I never really got into their story.
A pet peeve of mine is characters making stupid “don’t go out into the woods late at night alone when a bad guy is out there” decisions and both Daisy and Drew have moments that made me groan. Daisy makes many dumb decisions one night going out dancing with a friend that leave her getting into a fight and being rushed to the hospital. Without going into spoiler detail, the entire scene was one “oh geez” moment after another with the decisions she makes and just not being smart. The end result was having Shane rush to her side and come to the decision that she’s his and he’s never letting her go again, well fine. But I wish that they’d have gotten there using a different route instead of Daisy doing some dumb things. Same goes for Drew, he wants to help Shane and the case by spying on the dangerous bad guys to get information and it just came across as Drew being dumb, which is too bad because he was an interesting character going through a really tough time, but it was frustrating as a reader seeing him and Daisy do things on page that just made me shake my head.
I just didn’t feel like there was any meat to this story. The romance had no depth, the drug case surrounding Brad and the dealers they’re tracking felt rushed and it was a completely underwhelming read.
Blog rating: D
The story opens with our hero, Shane, finding out that his best friend Brad died of a suspected overdose leaving behind his teenage son. Shane was given custody of Drew and the two struggle to deal with their pain over losing someone they both loved and finding a way to make their new life work. Add in Daisy, a woman that Shane messed up big time with in the past, having brushed her off after they had sex and regretting the brush off ever since. Daisy is still dealing with the pain of what Shane did, she foolishly thought that their short time together was the start of something big, and was crushed after Shane called things off before they ever really got started. Now they’re back together working on Brad’s case and helping Drew adjust to life without his dad. But when Drew finds himself in the middle of a bad situation, connected to the drugs his dad was taking, it takes both Shane and Daisy to help find and save him.
Right off, I had issues with this story. For as much pain and angst that was set up for Shane and Daisy and how much I thought we were led to believe that Daisy hated Shane for how he treated her, they sure fell back into bed and a relationship way too easy. Daisy, at one point, even acknowledges this and makes a comment about probably regretting the decision to sleep with Shane again, but she’s so drawn to him, she just can’t say no. Their relationship felt like it had zero depth to it. I wanted Shane to have to work for it, to make some effort to get Daisy back and it just wasn’t there. Why bother with setting up this angsty past for them to only brush it off so easily? It set a bad tone for their relationship for me and I never really got into their story.
A pet peeve of mine is characters making stupid “don’t go out into the woods late at night alone when a bad guy is out there” decisions and both Daisy and Drew have moments that made me groan. Daisy makes many dumb decisions one night going out dancing with a friend that leave her getting into a fight and being rushed to the hospital. Without going into spoiler detail, the entire scene was one “oh geez” moment after another with the decisions she makes and just not being smart. The end result was having Shane rush to her side and come to the decision that she’s his and he’s never letting her go again, well fine. But I wish that they’d have gotten there using a different route instead of Daisy doing some dumb things. Same goes for Drew, he wants to help Shane and the case by spying on the dangerous bad guys to get information and it just came across as Drew being dumb, which is too bad because he was an interesting character going through a really tough time, but it was frustrating as a reader seeing him and Daisy do things on page that just made me shake my head.
I just didn’t feel like there was any meat to this story. The romance had no depth, the drug case surrounding Brad and the dealers they’re tracking felt rushed and it was a completely underwhelming read.
June 3, 2013
Sworn to Protect, Sugarland Blues #1, by Jo Davis
Grade: D
“Then it stands to reason that we’d make a super amazing couple that would have all of our friends bowing down in awe at our awesome mojo.”
Shane Ford loves working as a detective for the Sugarland Police Department and he’s damn good as his job too. Where Shane has a problem is letting anyone, especially sexy juvenile detective Daisy Callahan, close to him. Shane knows he screwed up with Daisy and when she steps up and helps him after he becomes guardian to his god son Drew, Shane knows she’s the one for him. With Drew in Shane’s life everything is turned upside down and Shane soon realizes winning Daisy back is just the beginning of his problems.
Daisy Callahan is shocked when Shan Ford’s best friend dies and Shane becomes the guardian to sixteen year old Drew. As a juvenile detective Daisy knows how the loss of a parent can affect a child’s life and she cares too much about Shane to have Drew spiral out of control. When Shane starts pursuing her again Daisy is surprised and weary after getting her heartbroken the first time and this time Shane needs to prove he is the man that both Daisy and Drew need.
I struggled with Sworn to Protect and almost DNFed is several different times. I am not a fan of DNFing books so I sucked it up and finished it only to be disappointed for the majority of it. The book starts off strong with Shane and Daisy’s relationship off and Drew’s father dying but then things just get muddled together and it takes forever for things to get back on track. I had a lot of moments of pure annoyance, mostly at Daisy and Shane which I will get to later. Personally I felt that the plot line got lost a hundred pages or so and by the time everything got back on track the book was over.
Oh Daisy and Shane how you two annoyed me for three hundred pages. As I mentioned before a lot of things happened where I stopped and said “Seriously you have to be kidding.” Daisy decides that she is going to leave a highly lit area, after being harassed by drunk men in a bar, and check on a fight in a dark parking lot with no one around all by herself. I’m sorry but WHY would you do that? Later in the book Daisy is hurt and after leaving the hospital where she stayed overnight she goes to Shane’s house, can barely stay awake but has enough energy to give him a hand job because he needs to feel good. WHAT????? This is where I should have DNFed the book but kept reading. Shane also had way too many issues and could never seem to get his stuff together with Daisy or Drew.
The rest of the book just drags on until we finally figure out what Drew is hiding and how everything ties together. Usually I love books where there is a kid and he is taken in by a guardian but I didn’t even really like Drew and his attitude that he had for most of the book. Sadly Sworn to Protect missed a lot of marks for me and had to many WTF moments to keep me interested. I am not going to continue on with this series.
Grade: D
“Then it stands to reason that we’d make a super amazing couple that would have all of our friends bowing down in awe at our awesome mojo.”
Shane Ford loves working as a detective for the Sugarland Police Department and he’s damn good as his job too. Where Shane has a problem is letting anyone, especially sexy juvenile detective Daisy Callahan, close to him. Shane knows he screwed up with Daisy and when she steps up and helps him after he becomes guardian to his god son Drew, Shane knows she’s the one for him. With Drew in Shane’s life everything is turned upside down and Shane soon realizes winning Daisy back is just the beginning of his problems.
Daisy Callahan is shocked when Shan Ford’s best friend dies and Shane becomes the guardian to sixteen year old Drew. As a juvenile detective Daisy knows how the loss of a parent can affect a child’s life and she cares too much about Shane to have Drew spiral out of control. When Shane starts pursuing her again Daisy is surprised and weary after getting her heartbroken the first time and this time Shane needs to prove he is the man that both Daisy and Drew need.
I struggled with Sworn to Protect and almost DNFed is several different times. I am not a fan of DNFing books so I sucked it up and finished it only to be disappointed for the majority of it. The book starts off strong with Shane and Daisy’s relationship off and Drew’s father dying but then things just get muddled together and it takes forever for things to get back on track. I had a lot of moments of pure annoyance, mostly at Daisy and Shane which I will get to later. Personally I felt that the plot line got lost a hundred pages or so and by the time everything got back on track the book was over.
Oh Daisy and Shane how you two annoyed me for three hundred pages. As I mentioned before a lot of things happened where I stopped and said “Seriously you have to be kidding.” Daisy decides that she is going to leave a highly lit area, after being harassed by drunk men in a bar, and check on a fight in a dark parking lot with no one around all by herself. I’m sorry but WHY would you do that? Later in the book Daisy is hurt and after leaving the hospital where she stayed overnight she goes to Shane’s house, can barely stay awake but has enough energy to give him a hand job because he needs to feel good. WHAT????? This is where I should have DNFed the book but kept reading. Shane also had way too many issues and could never seem to get his stuff together with Daisy or Drew.
The rest of the book just drags on until we finally figure out what Drew is hiding and how everything ties together. Usually I love books where there is a kid and he is taken in by a guardian but I didn’t even really like Drew and his attitude that he had for most of the book. Sadly Sworn to Protect missed a lot of marks for me and had to many WTF moments to keep me interested. I am not going to continue on with this series.
June 1, 2013
I was very happy when I saw that Jo Davis was writing a spin-off from her Firefighters of Station Five Series. I mean, **fanning self** I still can't get over how amazingly good these books were. I saved them in my library for re-reading in the future.
So, the Sugarland Blue Series takes place in the same small town, but involve those on the police force. And book one is about Detective Shane Ford, who we've seen briefly from the Firefighters of Station Five Series.
Shane is a bit of a player, never really getting involved in any kind of relationship. But he can't help thinking back to the night he shared with Detective Daisy Callahan. He ended things badly and realizes that he may never get the chance to make amends with her, much less get a fresh start.
Daisy Callahan thought that what she and Shane shared that one night was different. But he turned out to be a jerk with a capitol J. She was better off counting her blessings and moving on. No matter how amazing that night.
Now Shane and Daisy are thrown together when Shane is unexpectedly thrust into the role as legal guardian to his godson, Drew.
Barely sixteen and overwhelmed in grief, Drew struggles to make some tough decisions in his life. Not to mention, he has been uprooted from his home and everything he has known when his father dies of a drug overdose. Rumors about his father using performance enhancing drugs intensify the already delicate situation and a murderer is running free with the intent to kill again to protect his guilt.
Shane is feeling bowled over in the role as parent to Drew. They once shared a great relationship, but now things are strained as Shane goes from friend to 'Dad'. Daisy, who works with juveniles withing the police department, tries to soothe the strain and starts to see Shane in a different light. He is compassionate, loving, and devoted in his new role as a father. And the feelings she has had for him start to grow stronger the more time they spend together.
But a killer grows impatient and waits in the shadows to rip this new family apart...permanently.
As far as suspense goes, Sworn to Protect delivers a fast paced story. But the relationship between Daisy and Shane fell to the wayside, in my opinion. All the time working on what was going on with Drew took away from the growth and development between Daisy and Shane. Their romance felt like a third wheel. And it was not what I was expecting after such great reads from Davis in the past. I can understand how Shane and Daisy would grow closer as they continued to work together, but Shane's past mistake seemed to be forgiven rather quickly. I would have loved to seen more groveling, lol. As it was, their chemistry never felt real and the sexy times fell flat.
So, the Sugarland Blue Series takes place in the same small town, but involve those on the police force. And book one is about Detective Shane Ford, who we've seen briefly from the Firefighters of Station Five Series.
Shane is a bit of a player, never really getting involved in any kind of relationship. But he can't help thinking back to the night he shared with Detective Daisy Callahan. He ended things badly and realizes that he may never get the chance to make amends with her, much less get a fresh start.
Daisy Callahan thought that what she and Shane shared that one night was different. But he turned out to be a jerk with a capitol J. She was better off counting her blessings and moving on. No matter how amazing that night.
Now Shane and Daisy are thrown together when Shane is unexpectedly thrust into the role as legal guardian to his godson, Drew.
Barely sixteen and overwhelmed in grief, Drew struggles to make some tough decisions in his life. Not to mention, he has been uprooted from his home and everything he has known when his father dies of a drug overdose. Rumors about his father using performance enhancing drugs intensify the already delicate situation and a murderer is running free with the intent to kill again to protect his guilt.
Shane is feeling bowled over in the role as parent to Drew. They once shared a great relationship, but now things are strained as Shane goes from friend to 'Dad'. Daisy, who works with juveniles withing the police department, tries to soothe the strain and starts to see Shane in a different light. He is compassionate, loving, and devoted in his new role as a father. And the feelings she has had for him start to grow stronger the more time they spend together.
But a killer grows impatient and waits in the shadows to rip this new family apart...permanently.
As far as suspense goes, Sworn to Protect delivers a fast paced story. But the relationship between Daisy and Shane fell to the wayside, in my opinion. All the time working on what was going on with Drew took away from the growth and development between Daisy and Shane. Their romance felt like a third wheel. And it was not what I was expecting after such great reads from Davis in the past. I can understand how Shane and Daisy would grow closer as they continued to work together, but Shane's past mistake seemed to be forgiven rather quickly. I would have loved to seen more groveling, lol. As it was, their chemistry never felt real and the sexy times fell flat.
September 30, 2013
This book was pretty much about real life and the tragedies that have been happening a lot lately in America. It has to do with drug use and what happens when you use them and what it could do to you. Plus it shows you what happens when you use drugs and who you will leave behind if they do kill you.
This book is about a cop named Shane. He is a very handsome man that every woman wants in their life. But there is this one lady that Shane can't get off his mind. Her name is Daisy and she works in the same field with him but deals with taking care of Children when tragic hits home. Shane is a single bachelor living his life with no kids until all of a sudden in the blink of an eye his life changes. He finds himself raising a sixteen year old boy that is like his son after the boys father ends up overdosing on drugs. Drew the boys father was this famous NFL player that Shane thought was a clean cut guy that never did drugs or got into trouble. But that was about to change when he finds out how he died and what he died of. After finding out about his best friend dying he doesn't know how he is going to raise a teenager by himself. Some of the things that he hears from Drew about sex. He can't believe what he is hearing. Drew ends up meeting this boy at school and starts hanging out with him and finds himself getting into situations that gets him in trouble. He ends up getting arrested and finds himself doing community service for a guy that his friends father really hates. But we find out later in the story why he hates him. But I don't want to tell you because it will give the whole story away. In the story Drew finally tells Daisy how he feels about her but she can't give her heart to him again because when she did she ended up getting a broken heart and she doesn't want to pick up the pieces again. I know what she is talking about because I have been through a lot of those. Drew finally comes to Shane about his fathers death and starts putting the pieces together with things happening at school and with Drew's new friend.
I don't want to give to much away in this story because it's like a mystery that you have to piece together for yourself. So if you like romance, action and mysteries then you will love this book. I highly recommend it.. I have never read a book by this author but I would really read another one by her in this series. They are very juicy....
This book is about a cop named Shane. He is a very handsome man that every woman wants in their life. But there is this one lady that Shane can't get off his mind. Her name is Daisy and she works in the same field with him but deals with taking care of Children when tragic hits home. Shane is a single bachelor living his life with no kids until all of a sudden in the blink of an eye his life changes. He finds himself raising a sixteen year old boy that is like his son after the boys father ends up overdosing on drugs. Drew the boys father was this famous NFL player that Shane thought was a clean cut guy that never did drugs or got into trouble. But that was about to change when he finds out how he died and what he died of. After finding out about his best friend dying he doesn't know how he is going to raise a teenager by himself. Some of the things that he hears from Drew about sex. He can't believe what he is hearing. Drew ends up meeting this boy at school and starts hanging out with him and finds himself getting into situations that gets him in trouble. He ends up getting arrested and finds himself doing community service for a guy that his friends father really hates. But we find out later in the story why he hates him. But I don't want to tell you because it will give the whole story away. In the story Drew finally tells Daisy how he feels about her but she can't give her heart to him again because when she did she ended up getting a broken heart and she doesn't want to pick up the pieces again. I know what she is talking about because I have been through a lot of those. Drew finally comes to Shane about his fathers death and starts putting the pieces together with things happening at school and with Drew's new friend.
I don't want to give to much away in this story because it's like a mystery that you have to piece together for yourself. So if you like romance, action and mysteries then you will love this book. I highly recommend it.. I have never read a book by this author but I would really read another one by her in this series. They are very juicy....
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