KD. WILLIAMSON

Pediatric resident Dani Russell is focused on her career. Since her last relationship imploded, she's icy to almost everyone. Detective Rebecca Wells is on a mission to fix her personal life. That means reaching out to her ex, Dani, to make amends. An enemies-to-lovers, second-chance lesbian romance that's both powerful and sexy.

Drawing the Line

Lucia Correa

A solid 4 stars. This is the 4th in Williamson's Cops and Docs series but it is clearly a stand-alone with no references to the previous books.

This is a second chance romance. Four years ago, Rebecca Wells who I believe was in the police academy at the time and Dr. Dani Russell was in her early years of residency in pediatrics, specializing in pediatric oncology were living together. Ultimately, their relationship soured as Dani's required & demanding time at the hospital increased. Rebecca moved to Savannah where she became a cop and later a detective in Missing Persons. Now Rebecca has returned to Atlanta after she had inherited her aunt's house and got a job in Atlanta's Juvenile Missing Persons.

This is an unusual Cop 'n Doc romance. Many pairings, the couple's work life often intersects. But in this case the MC's met in college and their work contributed to their relationship demise. As the years went by Becca matured but Dani closed herself off from all except her patients and best friend and roommate Rick. Rick is also Becca's best friend and is the buffer between them. They put him in a difficult position, but he was able to handle it (and them).

I found it interesting watching how Dani was able to connect with her patients and their parents but at the same time is cut off from her co-workers, except for Rick (also a resident). Reviewer @Lex Kent described Dani best as a "baby ice queen in training". We get a little bit of Becca's work but mostly it was her friendship with her work partner, Mark. I'm kinda glad because at the moment, I don't think I could read too much about the depressing parts of her job.

This is a slow burn/second chance romance. They had to forgive, communicate, become friends again and learn from what went wrong. But warning - the majority of the book they are not together. It didn't bother me, but it has for others.

Full disclosure - I won this book from the author with no expectation for a review.

Drawing the Line

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