When I see a dog or a cat on the cover of a book I alway request it because I love stories that involve animals.
I loved this romantic suspense book, it's fast paced and entertaining.
The book is well written, the characters are fleshed out and the mystery is solid and entertaining.
It's a good start for a new series and I look forward to reading other installment.
Recommended.
Many thanks to HARLEQUIN - Romance and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

Reviewed on my blog, Becky on Books, on 4/3/19.

There is a lot going on in the first book in the True Blue K-9 Unit series--a disappearance and a kidnapping (of different people!), a manhunt, a mysterious death, possible in-unit drama (jealousy/drama over a promotion), and oh, yeah--a romance!--that at times it feels a bit overwhelming. The characters are solid, though, the suspense is adequately suspenseful, and the romance slow moving but sweet.

My only complaint is with the end--there is an HEA for Sophie and Luke, but another big plot point (who IS the real bad guy here?) won't be resolved until future series book(s). The plus side is this is a multi-author series, so if you need to know whodunit, you might not have to wait too long to find out...

Rating: 4 stars / B

I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.

Sophie Walters is one of those people that love her job. Luke Hathaway just happened to be at the right place at the right time. Right from the start the author grabs the readers attention that it may make it a little difficult to put down. A lot of work went into making this story seem so realistic. It was nice to see our couple build something over time instead of being one of the insta-love tropes.

I liked how our author created a mystery that’s not directly related to either main character. The mystery indirectly touches one, which also affects the other. But we need them in order to solve said mystery. Loved the suspense that helped me turn the page with anticipation. I kept looking for what was going to come around the next corner. However, I did expect to see more of Luke’s partner. And that was my one disappointment - I wanted more dog time. I’ll just have to plan on some cuddle time going forward. I do understand that there’s only so much that these dogs can do when it comes to their job. And I can always watch one of my favorite shows, North Woods Law.

This was a book of several firsts for me. This was my first Love Inspired Suspense book. This was the first book that I’ve read by this author. And of course this is the first book in a new series. Having all the books in the series being written by different authors may also mean more new authors for me.

I was not compensated nor was I required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.

I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

First off, I'm sorry, but this book had some serious issues, in my opinion.

Sophie is the personal assistant to the chief of the K-9 unit, Jordan. The start of the book has her setting things up for the graduation ceremony they are about to conduct when she interrupts a strange man who is going through her boss's speech at the podium. She draws attention to herself by asking him what he's doing and promptly gets herself kidnapped.

Luke just so happens to be pulling in as Sophie is dragged into the perps car. A car chase ensues and when the guy crashes he shoves Sophie into Luke in order to by time for his getaway, which he obviously succeeds in doing or this books wouldn't keep going. Just to make things a bit more interesting, Sophie's boss is missing and the mystery perp was actually slipping a fake suicide note into Jordan's speech. The first 81 pages is pretty much Luke hauling Sophie around, her house getting broken into, etc until on my copy's 81st page where they find her boss. Dead.

So there goes one of the mysteries. Now they are no longer looking for him, but redoubling their efforts to find the mysterious perp. Who slips through their fingers no less then one, two three, four times. Four. At one point there were something like an entire room full of cops...yeah.

The author is obviously setting up an overlaying mystery for all the books that follow. Basically a 'who done it" about Jordan's murder.

All in all I'm pretty disappointed. Lynette Eason usually swings one of two ways with me; she hits it out of the ball park or she misses completely. This was a complete miss. It was aiming for midfield until it wasn't...

I did not enjoy this one. I found the writing stilted and unnatural. People's reactions are off in certain events. Sophie was a doormat. Luke has emotional problems stemming from two places that effect their 'relationship' (can you call it that when they only know each other for a week or two?). Namely, his mother dying with his dad being an asshole and blaming him for it and his only serious girlfriend telling him he's not relationship material. The first one I can see messing with someone, but a girlfriend of not that long saying that...I don't believe it.

That ending....ugh. I do not understand how anyone can LIKE the idea of someone actually only knowing someone for 2 weeks or so (and I mean, finally actually talking to them and giving them the time of day) to PROPOSING MARRIAGE!!! 2 WEEKS, PEOPLE!!!! What the actual ___?!?!?! That is not natural or okay. And the whole office coming out and cheering???? Seriously? Ugh.

In Conclusion
This book was riding a shaky 2.5 star rating until that ending came along and completely ruined everything. Now it's more like a 1.5 and that's seriously because I am feeling guilty about giving it only 1 star...

When I see a dog or a cat on the cover of a book I alway request it because I love stories that involve animals.
I loved this romantic suspense book, it's fast paced and entertaining.
The book is well written, the characters are fleshed out and the mystery is solid and entertaining.
It's a good start for a new series and I look forward to reading other installment.
Recommended.
Many thanks to HARLEQUIN - Romance and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.