Serve ‘N’ Protect by Tee O’Fallon – a Review

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Description:
Ambushed and left for dead, U.S. Secret Service K-9 Officer Markus York is on the mend and laying low in a safe house while his team tracks down his attacker. But Markus isn’t good at sitting still. Even with his K-9, Ghost, for company, he gets restless and decides now is the perfect time to do some repairs around the house…and inadvertently tears open his wounds.

Fresh out of a bad relationship that ended after a car accident left her with limited mobility, freelance accountant Cassidy Morgan has sworn off men. At least, that’s the plan. Until a frantically barking dog leads her to a neighbor’s house where she finds a mysterious man out cold and bleeding on the floor…and mumbling things like “no, they’ll find me” when she tries to call an ambulance.

Yeah, that’s not at all concerning.

Despite Markus’s surly attitude, Cassidy senses there’s something else at work beneath his rugged, keep-your-distance exterior. Whatever it is, it’s sexy as hell.

With someone still trying to kill him, Markus doesn’t want an innocent to get hurt, let alone take care of him.

If only his dog wasn’t crazy in love with her.

If only the chemistry between Markus and Cassidy didn’t explode whenever they were in the same room.

If only Cassidy wasn’t a target now, too.

Review:

Serve ‘N’ Protect begins with Cassidy Morgan decorating her home for Christmas and thinking she may have gone a smidge overboard.  She had always loved Christmas and this one would be different for so many reasons.  Lucky to be alive after a horrific accident, she has fought to put her life back together again, both personally and professionally.  As she sat working on her laptop, she heard a continuous barking outside and found a beautiful dog outside that kept running towards her neighbor’s home.  When she saw that a window had been broken, she grabbed her phone and followed the dog.

Cassidy knew her neighbor was out of the country, so when the dog was “insisting” that she go inside, she used the hidden key to see what was going on inside that had the dog so upset.  That’s when she found a man, who was not her neighbor, laying on the floor next to a ladder.

Markus York, and his K-9, Ghost, had come to his friend’s house to recoup after being ambushed and left for dead.  He was supposed to be taking it easy, so how hard could it be to change a lightbulb?  The next thing he knew, a strange woman was pulling out her phone while talking to herself and Ghost saying she was calling 911, which was the last thing that needed to happen.  Once Cassidy made him a believer that he was either going in her car or an ambulance to the emergency room, he relented and let her help him to her car.  He knew he was supposed to lay low until they figured out who had tried to kill him, but he also couldn’t bleed out while waiting.

Once Markus was attended to at the emergency room, someone took a shot at them in the parking lot.  He called the police, anonymously, to report what had happened and went back to his friend’s house.  Eventually, his commanding officer and friends (also in law enforcement) make it there and Cassidy is offered the job of taking care of Markus to make sure he doesn’t overdo anything.  Not only does she need the money, but she feels like Markus needs someone to look after him.  However, once someone comes after Cassidy more than once, Markus knows he’s not the only one in trouble. 

Serve ‘N’ Protect is another wonderfully written story from Tee O’Fallon.  All three characters (Markus, Cassidy and Ghost!) are written well and relatable.  The world that O’Fallon has built with this series pulls you in immediately and makes you reluctant to leave once the story is over.  I loved Cassidy and her determination to not only recover from her accident, but to thrive.  Markus is surly, with good reason, but eventually comes around.  The chemistry between the two of them is amazing and leaves you wanting more.  I also loved the intrigue and the real-life problems they both were dealing with.  The secondary characters are intriguing, most of which we have met in previous books of the series.  If you are a fan of the genre, you will never go wrong with one of O’Fallon’s books.  Well done, Tee O’Fallon!  Very, very, very well done!

Reviewed by Vickie

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