BOOK REVIEW- COP ON HER DOORSTEP-In the six years since her husband was killed by S.W.A.T., Carrie Padilla has spent long hours at work, rebuilding a life for herself and her son. The little time she has at home is spent keeping her eight-year-old son out of trouble, but he is all too eager to try to be the man in the house. When a handsome cop shows up on her doorstep, her errant son in tow, Carrie's heart stutters. The sexy Italian cop sets off all kinds of bells in her system, and she knows there's only one thing she can do to save what is left of her family, her husband’s memory, and her heart...avoid her new neighbor at all costs. S.W.A.T. officer Jake Stafani already lost one little boy to gang violence, the dead boy’s older brother is missing, and Jake's not about to let the same thing happen to a neighbor's son. He drags the youngster home only to discover much more than a passing interest in the boy's beautiful, but wary, mother. Forced to take a leave of absence after a bust goes awry, Jake can think of nothing better to occupy his time than to keep Carrie and her son safe, and locate the missing teen who holds the key to taking the gang off the streets, once and for all.
But Jake doesn’t count on his stubborn, intriguing neighbor distracting him from his job, or the passion that flares between them. He doesn’t expect her amazing son to steal a piece of his heart. Jake is ready to risk everything for Carrie, body and soul. But it’s not all up to him. If their new love is to survive, Carrie will need to be strong enough to see the man's beating heart behind the badge, to look beyond the pain of her past, and decide that loving again is worth the risk.
(Stand Alone Novel) AMAZON
I liked this story although I can say that there weren't a whole lot of surprises to it. I liked both of the main characters. I also found it to be a pretty realistic story; something that many people could be dealing with. The romance was good; which there was plenty of. Jake was chasing and Carrie was running. I guess in simpler phrases I could say: " See Jake chase. See Carrie run. See Carrie let Jake catch her (against her better judgement). See Carrie run Again!." The push-pull of their relationship was well done but in the beginning I really felt kind of sorry for Jake. Just about time things really started to heat up physically all of a sudden Carrie hit the brakes. Hard. You could almost think of her as a tease, except you know better. She's fighting a whole boat load of memories and fears. Her son, Eric was woven into the story very nicely as well. Even though Eric was just a kid, he did end up speaking a pearl of wisdom to his mother that helped to begin things to turn around. Out of the mouth of babes!
"I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review."
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