Reviewed by Tidal
TITLE: The Cop and the Geek 
AUTHOR: Cat Blaine
PUBLISHER: Evernight Publishing
LENGTH: 64 pages
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James O’Brien is having a horrible day. He’s dropped his car off at a repair place in a bad part of town. While he’s there minding his own business he ends up in a bar room brawl with a mouthy homophobic thug.
Officer Scott Brown is the sexy, kind cop who arrives on the scene. He can tell immediately that while James is a geek, but he isn’t a criminal, and is most likely just a nice guy caught up in a bad situation. The two of them have an immediate attraction and when Officer Brown gives James a ride home…things heat up.
REVIEW:
This was a great read. Our hero James, ends up in a bar brawl with a homophobic bully and he does well in taking care of himself. The police come, interview James, and interview other bar patrons. The drunken bully is placed under arrest. James is vindicated, but he is also stranded out in the middle of nowhere. When Officer Brown realizes the man’s plight, he offers him a ride home.
This is a nice love story. The poor guy is stranded and who comes to the scene but “Officer Hunky Pants”. Who does not have this dream? He is genuinely a nice guy and really believes that there are more nice people than bad. James is suspicious and they are at opposite extremes in regards to issues of trust
Both men have areas of their lives that they may perceive as deficits to some people. The thing that makes Officer Scott Brown special is that he balances authority with compassion. This book could have taken so many directions and I love the direction Cat Blaine took it.
It is romantic and you really care about the characters. The story unfolds in a nice pace. James and Scott get along in a believable way. James has huge trust issues and Scott allows him to explore them as they explore their place in each other’s lives. The men treat each other with respect and there is no abuse of power, and we get to see the characters grow.
Perhaps if there were a moral to the story it may be that, “Sometimes the things we say we are not interested in are in reality the very things we have been fearful to explore.” This thought may be simplistic but it is a great story. Lastly I used to be a book snob and think that if a book was not a full sized or was a novella, I was being cheated out of a good story. I was so wrong and that bias caused me to miss so many gems in many genres over the years. This book is a gem and I would hate anyone to miss it.
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