Awesome book, as Eason's always are. I love these K-9 series, and this book is an awesome start to what appears to be another great one. It had its sad moments, but it was an awesome suspenseful read

Romantic suspense is another favorite genre of mine. I love the action that compels the plot. I love that the romance brings a bit of humanity and feeling to suspenseful and often criminal situations. When a romantic suspense novel is also by a Christian writer, I know that I am going to learn something about my own faith while reading. Justice mission is all of that and more, and by more, I mean dogs!

I am a dog lover. Whole hearted, devoted, canine enthusiast. I watch funny dog videos, laugh at memes, and follow doggo twitter/IG accounts. When you add a dog to a story, I am thrilled. Sometimes I like the canine characters better than the book characters, but that just shows my love for our furry friends. My point is, this series has it all for me.

The plot is paced very well, and I was always interested and never bored. The characters were explored well without spending too much time going into exhaustive detail. Everyone involved had flaws and fears that are easily identifiable and relatable for the reader. Loved seeing the vulnerability of each person and how they reacted to stressful and scary situations. Sophie and Luke’s reactions seemed genuine throughout.

My only criticism would be the ending. Without giving too much away, I think I would have preferred the ending to have happened later in the series. I needed more development before that plot point occurred, but I also definitely wanted this to be the inevitable outcome.

Overall, great read, and the dogs were my stars.

Who are Luke, Bruno, and Sophie? Where are they from? What types of jobs do each of them do? What is going on at the location they just arrived at? There is a lot of suspense in this book along with mystery. Who gets murdered? Who keeps getting an attempt on their life? The mystery of this story is truly who is behind it. Will we find out? On a lighter note, there is a crazy-happy budding romance starting! Also, a new player, so to speak with Stella. What is special about her? Enjoy the read! I know I did and now I want to read more books in the series!

A storyline that was both unexpected and exciting, unfortunately it left too much unresolved for me to have a totally satisfying ending. There were also minor technical points I had to work to ignore. But I did enjoy the read and would definitely request other books in the series just in the hopes the lingering questions would be answered.

The head of NYC K-9 unit is missing and his assistant Sophie is nearly kidnapped, saved by Luke and his K-9 Bruno. Set in Queens, NYC, N.Y., this is a promising start to one of Harlequin's K-9 suspense series. Only one quibble: no way are any of the good or bad guys making their way from one part of Queens to another by car as portrayed in the book!

I have learned about some places in Queens that I did not know existed, like Vanderbilt Parkway Park.

review coming soon...

This book had so much potential, and some parts were brilliantly done. There's plenty of action sequences to keep things moving, and the police officer's funeral was a stand out moment in the story. There are other things going on at the time, including officers watching for Sophie's stalker, but the funeral is the focus and it's a scene that is absolutely heartbreaking. That said, I did have some problems with this one. The biggest being the ending, and not because we don't get all the answers. I'm okay with that. What I don't get is why this guy in the hat was so hell bent on killing Sophie, and for me, the explanation at the end is sorely lacking. It seemed to me that he went through an awful lot to tie up a loose end who couldn't identify him any better than she did, especially when he gets repeatedly noticed only because of the hat! For all the action and intrigue, I just felt disappointed once our hatted villain finally gets to speak. The romance also falls into the problem category for me. I didn't buy this pair as a romantic couple. We're told throughout that there's an attraction, but Luke and Sophie go from work acquaintances to friends to crazy in love in a matter of days. I get that they've known each other a long time, but this is the first chance for them to really get to know each other. It's a bit too much like instalove for me. On a positive note, the story is clean with a passionate kiss being as racy as it gets, and I did like that faith and prayer plays a role in the characters' lives. In the end, the pros and cons were about equal for me, leaving me smack in the middle range. As I understand it, this series will be written by various authors with the continuing arc of who killed Jordan. Given my mixed feelings with this one, I'm still on the fence about whether or not I'll continue with the series.

The head of NYC K-9 unit is missing and his assistant Sophie is nearly kidnapped, saved by Luke and his K-9 Bruno. Set in Queens, NYC, N.Y., this is a promising start to one of Harlequin's K-9 suspense series. Only one quibble: no way are any of the good or bad guys making their way from one part of Queens to another by car as portrayed in the book!

I have learned about some places in Queens that I did not know existed, like Vanderbilt Parkway Park.

4.5 Stars

Justice Mission is a great start to the True Blue K-9 Unit series! With an intriguing mystery, a rapid-fire pace, and stakes that feel real, the book is completely captivating. I really enjoyed trying to figure out the identity of Sophie's kidnapper and his motivation ... and that leads me to my one real complaint about the novel. This is a series (each installment written by a different author), and the "bad guy" won't be revealed until later on in the series, which I didn't expect. So the end of this book feels incomplete, as the hunt for the bad guy will continue in later books. Had I known going in that the mystery wouldn't be resolved at the end of the book, I would've been OK with it, but I just found myself a bit annoyed to reach the end and unexpectedly find no resolution!

I also noticed a couple continuity errors; as I read an ARC, these errors may be fixed before the final version is released in April.

All that said, I really did enjoy the novel. For me, the best part (no contest) was a police officer's funeral. Of course, I've watched police funerals on TV and in movies, but I don't think I'd ever read about one before, and the "end of watch" had me basically sobbing into my Kindle.

I definitely would enjoy continuing this series—I need to know if I've correctly identified the killer! 3-1/2 stars.

Disclosure of material connection: I received an ARC from the publisher. I was not required to write a positive review, and the opinions expressed are my own.