Boston Police Captain, Kevin Fitzgibbon thought he’d found the missing piece of his heart when psychic Madam Aurora prophesied the love of his life was philanthropist, Jace Lincoln. After spending months as on-again, off-again boyfriends, the pair are off again, perhaps for good, leaving Kevin distraught and grumpy.Jace Lincoln is still trying to put his life back together after Fitz dumped him … dumped him on Valentine’s Day. While getting back into the swing of things with a new man, a drunk Fitzgibbon barges in on their date like Godzilla destroying Tokyo. Listening to Fitz carry on about how much he misses what they had together makes Jace wonder if they still have enough of that old magic left to try one last time.
Through a series of dates ranging from ridiculous to right on the money, Fitz and Jace reconnect and find that the things keeping them apart might not be so insurmountable after all. Deciding to give their relationship another try, they start planning a bright future together.
That future is stopped dead in its tracks when tragedy strikes at a party celebrating the tenth anniversary of Jace’s homeless shelter. Will Kevin and Jace survive to begin a new life together or have they lost their last chance at happiness for good this time?
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*WARNING* intended for mature audiences
This whole story is about how Fitz and Jace finally gets together. I am so glad I start with book 1 of the cold case psychic series. These little novellas fill in some of the blanks in that series. There actually is a baddie in this one and they didn’t catch him in THIS book.
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I really enjoyed this book. I’m so glad that Cap & Jace worked on themselves after finally deciding to end their on & off relationship months earlier. Ten suggested to Jace that he should read some self help books, take time for himself and see a shrink and when Cap found out what Ten had suggested Jace to do he went and did the same. They finally decided/worked out how to communicate properly with each other so that their issues don’t break them up again. Man I loved the couch scene as it completely cracked me up, Jace was trying to relax Cap so he gives him a hand and Cap is disclaiming his thoughts and compliments very loudly, they were that into it and didn’t even realise that Greeley was in the kitchen lol you could just feel the awkwardness with all parties involved. Hopefully we get some more of Cap and Jace in the future as I’d love to see what happens next for them as well as for the rest of their found family. I’d recommend this story, series and author to everyone.
Romance. Rollerskating. Danger.
This is a wonderful addition to the Cold Case Psychic series. It filled in some blanks and enriched our knowledge of the characters and filled in some plot details. Now we need the identity of the gunman and a motive!
I’m amazed at the skill of Pandora.
She makes each book, story line and character richly detailed and interesting.
You ‘CAN’T’ not continue to read the books and spin offs.
A prophecy is only as certain as the participants’ actions and Kevin and Jace find out the hard way when the happy future they were sure was theirs crumbles beneath their feet. A drunken outing has Kevin barging in on Jace’s date and it’s unclear if they’ll ever get it together enough to get back together. But with both following the sage advice of a certain friend “in the know” they just might get their second chance. Only time and an honest, determined try will tell whether this chance is the one that sticks or if their future will be written with someone else.
After what we read in Dead in the Water regarding Jace and Kevin’s relationship it was very clear that there was a long hard road ahead of them if they wanted their prophecy to come true. There wasn’t much farther for them to fall, honestly. I still think that by the end of the story there was still a long way to go, that they really made good progress but are nowhere near their HEA.
The focus of this novella was around the relationship and not a side story that really built off of the full series. There was definitely some angst, some drama, and a bit of hospital time and no Cold Case Psychic book or novella would be complete without those, but what was nice here was that by focusing directly on Kevin and Jace’s “will they or won’t they make a go of it” we got a bit of a break from the crazy and a lot more questions answered about who these very important side characters are.
As for the drama, it was left a bit open-ended, which I don’t know if I liked. It did, however, give us a glimpse into a similar situation of a visiting presence that both tied in the full series as well as give us one of those heart-squeezing moments that bolsters our hope and faith in Kevin and Jace making things work despite the difficulties ahead.
I was sure that Jace would fail me, that he wouldn’t do enough to make up for his actions in Dead in the Water. While I’m not 100% Team Jace, I’m more of a believer that they could really make their relationship happy and successful. Kevin was more eager, more willing to lay his heart on the line and that paid off because it gave Jace the courage he needed to start his campaign to win back Kevin’s heart. The way it played out fit both men and I think it worked so well because of Ten and Ronan’s meddling and support. This was a really nice story that is definitely paving the way for what we’re sure to see in the rest of the Cold Case Psychic series.