The Casella Cousins Novella 5: GideonSo, crucify him for it. He doesn’t like working with women in the harsh world of police law enforcement.She sees herself as tough as any man. Then she becomes his boss.Hidden Cove Police Officer Gideon Casella is a hard man. A divorce three years ago still has him grumpy and out of sorts. But he’s a top cop, which is why he thinks he’ll get the promotion to … he’ll get the promotion to sergeant that’s being announced soon.
Anabelle Sanders is on her way up the law enforcement ladder right to the commissioner’s office. But she’ll settle for one step at a time, even if she does have to walk all over Gideon Casella’s ego and his barely-concealed chauvinistic attitude. Man, she’s been dealing with men like him all her life.
It comes as a shock to Gideon that the brass gives the position to Sanders, a tough-as-nails female in the department. When he’s assigned to work on a special task force with her—under her—he’s furious at the department, at her, and at life in general.
Will these two hardened-by-life cops be able to find a soulmate in each other?
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I am so enjoying this new series by Kathryn Shay. I have always loved the family dynamics first with the Hidden Cove Fire Fighter series and now the continuation with the Casella’s. I always felt that Gideon seemed more “disconnected” from the family in previous books. He seemed to try to keep himself apart; hold everything in. I thought it was great when he and Anabelle “hooked-up” at the wedding in the previous story. It was nice to get to know these two characters a little better. Gideon and Anabelle are detectives with the Hidden Cove Police Department; both up for the same promotion. They have constantly clashed; perhaps it was masking the sexual attraction between them? They have to keep their attraction in check as it is against Department policy to be in a relationship when working in the same unit or boss/subordinate.
These characters are well developed and the story flows smoothly. I found the focus of the story to be quite interesting with the development of a new task force within their police department; it’s kind of similar to Law & Order SVU. There was one part that literally made me cry. The subject matter can be a little difficult for some as it deals with gangs, domestic violence, death, etc.
Another great story by Kathryn! I love that each of these stories bring in the past characters and you stay up to date. I could not stop reading Gideons story and all that happened. I sat and read this in 1 day because I just couldn’t stop, I was so into it and laughed and cried. I cannot wait for Ronan’s story to finally figure him out!