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On a Deadline
Jamie Garrison didn’t move to Boston looking for love. Fresh off a painful divorce, she’s focused on proving herself in a newsroom that still feels new beneath her feet. Reporting is safer than trusting her heart again — or so she tells herself.
Erin Calhoun prefers safe, too. As the Boston Police Department’s public information officer, she keeps her world orderly, controlled and carefully walled off. Reporters are supposed to stay on the other side of those walls… especially the ones who make her want things she’s spent years avoiding.
But the more Jamie and Erin cross paths, the harder it is to ignore the connection forming between them — in small conversations, quiet understanding and sparks neither of them planned for.
When a case puts Erin under scrutiny, one misstep fractures the fragile trust growing between them. Feelings get tangled. Distance hurts more than either expected. And the future they hadn’t dared to imagine suddenly feels impossible.
What follows isn’t about the case — it’s about whether two guarded women can take the risk of letting each other in.
On a Deadline is a slow-burn sapphic romance about timing, vulnerability and learning to choose love even when it scares you.
Erin Calhoun prefers safe, too. As the Boston Police Department’s public information officer, she keeps her world orderly, controlled and carefully walled off. Reporters are supposed to stay on the other side of those walls… especially the ones who make her want things she’s spent years avoiding.
But the more Jamie and Erin cross paths, the harder it is to ignore the connection forming between them — in small conversations, quiet understanding and sparks neither of them planned for.
When a case puts Erin under scrutiny, one misstep fractures the fragile trust growing between them. Feelings get tangled. Distance hurts more than either expected. And the future they hadn’t dared to imagine suddenly feels impossible.
What follows isn’t about the case — it’s about whether two guarded women can take the risk of letting each other in.
On a Deadline is a slow-burn sapphic romance about timing, vulnerability and learning to choose love even when it scares you.
- GenresLGBTContemporary
274 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 16, 2025
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December 23, 2025
Jamie Garrison is a newly hired reporter in Boston, and is tired of doing fluff stories. She finally gets a break, and is assigned a police case where she meets....
Erin Calhoun is a police detective, and notices Jamie at the press conference. Unlike the other reporters she's more prepared and asks interesting questions. Erin also at one point dated Tilly, the photographer Jamie works with, and it didn't end well.
After a night time run in they exchange numbers and start to text. It starts out serious, but quickly goes flirty.
(It gets a bit annoying as neither Erin or Tilly will say what happened)
As they get serious, Erin finally says what happened, and later apologizes to Tilly. They date, but Erin slips and reveals a confidential detail to Jamie, who reports on it.
Third act breakup.
Jamie and Erin each deal with fallout. Erin has desk duty, Jamie starts standing up for herself more. They forgive each other.
3 out of 5. There's a whole mystery plot thread that just vanishes....
Erin Calhoun is a police detective, and notices Jamie at the press conference. Unlike the other reporters she's more prepared and asks interesting questions. Erin also at one point dated Tilly, the photographer Jamie works with, and it didn't end well.
After a night time run in they exchange numbers and start to text. It starts out serious, but quickly goes flirty.
(It gets a bit annoying as neither Erin or Tilly will say what happened)
As they get serious, Erin finally says what happened, and later apologizes to Tilly. They date, but Erin slips and reveals a confidential detail to Jamie, who reports on it.
Third act breakup.
Jamie and Erin each deal with fallout. Erin has desk duty, Jamie starts standing up for herself more. They forgive each other.
3 out of 5. There's a whole mystery plot thread that just vanishes....
December 26, 2025
Steady and soft
Steady, soft, detailed. Can't believe this is a first book. Love the emotional depth, the character development, and use of weather in storyline. Can't wait to see what this writer does next.
Steady, soft, detailed. Can't believe this is a first book. Love the emotional depth, the character development, and use of weather in storyline. Can't wait to see what this writer does next.
December 22, 2025
this book has an interesting plot but it swiftly becomes boring and lacks substance
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