DEA K-9 agent Adam “Deck” Decker has been on a mission to do his part in keeping drugs off the streets of Denver. Due to his sister overdosing after getting hooked on doctor prescribed opioids, Deck has a bone deep mistrust of doctors. However, when his friend and co-worker is exposed to a high dose of a new lethal drug while executing a search warrant, he must put his faith in the ER doctor and hope she knows what she’s doing. With the body count rising due to the deadly drug, Deck proposes the doctor team up with him to find a solution.
Given Dr. Victoria “Tori” Sampson’s family’s history with the DEA, Deck is the last person she wants to be working with, but Tori feels like she needs to do more to help fight this new drug causing mass overdoses. Being around Deck is playing havoc with her emotions. As much as she wants to hate him because of who he works for, she’s having a hard time remembering why she should stay away when he’s around. The longer they work together, the bigger a target they become. With more than one attempt on their lives, Deck and Tori are going to have to figure out who the mystery supplier is before they both end up dead.
TOUGH JUSTICE is the first book in the spin off series from Tee O’Fallon’s Federal K-9 series, and pulls you into the story from the get-go. With a topic that seems like it’s ripped from the headlines, the heartbreaking start sets up the story perfectly. O’Fallon deftly shows off her years of experience as a federal agent, dropping plenty of red herrings that’ll take you down the wrong path. As fun as it is reading about Tori and Deck tiptoeing around each other, the real hero of this story is Deck’s Belgian Malinois K-9 partner. Thor steals all the scenes he’s in, right up to the nail-biting finale. TOUGH JUSTICE is an intriguing, exciting, nerve-wracking romantic suspense that’ll keep you on the edge of your seat as you flip the pages well into the night.
It should have been a routine investigation. Instead, DEA K-9 agent Adam “Deck” Decker watches in horror as one Denver hospital seems to be Ground Zero for overdoses of a new drug. Now Deck can only hope a certain icy, green-eyed ER doctor will help him and his canine partner track down the deadly source.
Dr. Tori Sampson has her reasons for not trusting federal agents, especially ones working for the DEA. But the rash of overdoses—including a heartbreaking case involving a teen—is alarmingly high. And the new opioid is not only extremely dangerous, it defies all the usual medical treatments. So Tori has a choice: work with the big, brawny, and annoyingly hot DEA agent…or watch more innocent people die.
Tori’s the only person who can help Deck break the case, and they’ll need to trust each other, no matter how high the tension and attraction sizzling between them runs. But with every question answered, they realize there’s something more behind these typical teen overdoses. There’s a pattern here, and a pattern can only suggest one thing. There’s a killer on the loose.
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