Guest Review: Officer Off Limits – Tessa Bailey

His need to possess her is non-negotiable.

Story Brooks’ fiancé just called off their wedding two weeks before the happy day. As if that isn’t bad enough, her semi-estranged father, an infamous NYPD hostage negotiator, has suffered a heart attack. Not wanting to examine her lack of emotion over the broken engagement, she hops on a plane to reconnect with her father before it’s too late.

Playboy hostage negotiator Daniel Chase has never, not once, been refused by a woman, so when a debate over hospital snack foods with a delectable kindergarten teacher ends in flat-out rejection, he makes it his mission to seduce her. His only obstacle? She’s the daughter of his mentor who implicitly forbade Daniel from pursuing her.

Despite her father’s warnings and Daniel’s troubled past, Daniel and Story can’t resist their intense attraction to one another. But when the reason for her fiancé’s abrupt wedding cancellation comes to light, can Story and Daniel’s already forbidden relationship survive?

Series: Line of Duty #3
Release Date: June 10, 2013
Publisher: Entangled Publishing
Source: Provided by Publisher
Reviewer: Karen
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Reviewer’s Thoughts

I loved Tessa Bailey’s contemporary romance, Officer Off Limits, it drew me in from the first page.

When we first meet Story Brooks, a kindergarten teacher living in San Diego, she is having a very bad day. While having dinner with Fisher, her fiancée, he breaks their engagement two weeks before their wedding. On the way home from dinner, Story’s phone rings and she is told her father, who she hasn’t seen in ten years, is in the hospital with a heart attack. She decides to fly to New York to see her father. Story’s inner dialogue during the breakup and her reaction to her fiancée in the restaurant is hilarious. Story is a strong, stubborn female with a smart mouth.

Daniel Chase is a hostage negotiator for the city of New York’s police department. He is the protégé of Jack Brooke, one of the best hostage negotiators in the country and Story’s dad. Daniel is a playboy with commitment problems. He doesn’t have a clue how to have a relationship with a woman. I couldn’t help falling in love with Daniel. He is a gruff voiced, tough, alpha male who knows how to satisfy a woman. He has issues, but they only make him more endearing.

Story’s first meeting with Daniel is at a vending machine at the hospital and wow what a meeting. Daniel tries to flirt with Story and she shots him down. I loved Story’s snarky attitude with Daniel, he isn’t used to women treating him that way, and isn’t sure what to think.

Officer Off Limits is a fast paced, well written story. I loved the sexual tension between Story and Daniel and their witty banter. I couldn’t wait to find out what would happen next and there were many laugh-out-load moments. The beginning of the book was a fun ride however, the ending was a little disappointing for me, but I still loved the book. You don’t want to miss this!