Officer Down

Veteran emergency dispatcher, Hillary O’Neal, was great at her job and well respected by her colleagues on both sides of the airwaves. However, a harrowing call that hounds her dreams also crushes her ability to do her job.

While Hillary is trying to come to grips with the aftermath of that call, a bold but risk-taking deputy, Olivia Dennis is assigned to a security desk in the communications department. Olivia also faces the potential for the end of her career while an internal investigation goes through one of her cases.

Supporting each other through these tough times, Hillary who is openly gay, and Olivia who isn’t, start dealing with the attraction they feel for one another.

Dutton is the author of 8 previous romance novels. Her experience is evident in Officer Down, with tight and often laugh out loud funny dialogue. The main characters were interesting and believable. The narrative structure is simple but effective and the pacing good enough for me to want to read it in one sitting. Actually, it took me two days, but only because work got in the way. I really enjoyed it, and will be looking out for her other books.

Solid entertaining book. The romantic couple were likeable and the novel written well. While the love story took centre stage, it was just as much about police on patrol and those behind the scenes, as well as family dynamics and tolerance. I can certainly recommend this book as a good read.

I liked it!

Being a law enforcement officer myself, I was able to relate to quite a bit of the story line. The author, in my opinion, was able to bring the "cop life" alive on paper. Very authentic!

The characters in the book were well diverse and easy to like, love and even hate. I was able to relate to at least one character in more ways than one.

Despite the authenticity, and well developed characters, the story in itself was rather predictable. There was no, "wow" factor at the conclusion of the story. BUT! It was still a very fun/entertaining/easy read! I would definitely recommend this book!

This is the first book I've read by Erin Dutton and it won't be my last. It is difficult to find a good FF story that has all the elements of romance and depth of characters. I really enjoyed Olivia and Hillary as they figured out their lives!

Good