Review: Quick entertaining read of police members and their family
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 18, 2014
This is the first book I’ve read by Lashell Collins and, as a novella, it was a quick read but very enjoyable.  The two main characters, Heather Moss and Ethan Kelly are both police officers.  Ethan comes from a family line of police officers but hasn’t quite found his place due to his family dynamics with a domineering father, and older brother, who is the favorite son.  Even though Ethan made good grades or made the varsity football team, he couldn’t gain his father’s approval because his brother had already accomplished the same things and better, and he was always made to feel that he was second best.As the story proceeds, you find out pieces of Heather’s life and the reason that she only wants to focus on her career. She has had terrible events in her life and hasn’t fully healed.Before Ethan and Heather actually meet and speak to each other, they’ve seen each other several times in the police headquarters and are attracted to each other.  As Heather works with Ethan on a case,  his kindness, compassion, consideration, and overall ‘good guy’ personality is a surprise.  I truly enjoyed Ethan’s character and personality.  Most stories seem to be about bad boys, arrogant, only interested in one-night stands, etc.  Ethan truly wants to help people and the kindness shows in his eyes, smile and how he speaks to people.  This was a nice change for me and to know that the good guys don’t necessarily finish last.I have found a new favorite author and I look forward to reading more of Ms. Collins’ work.  I recommend this novella, along with the three other Kelly Family novella’s, as truly enjoyable stories.