Gideon

Kathryn Shay

Oct 2020 · Ocean View Books

About this ebook

The Casella Cousins Novella 5: Gideon

So, crucify him for it. He doesn’t like working with women in the harsh world of police law enforcement.

She sees herself as tough as any man. Then she becomes his boss.

Hidden Cove Police Officer Gideon Casella is a hard man. A divorce three years ago still has him grumpy and out of sorts. But he’s a top cop, which is why he thinks he’ll get the promotion to sergeant that’s being announced soon.

Anabelle Sanders is on her way up the law enforcement ladder right to the commissioner’s office. But she’ll settle for one step at a time, even if she does have to walk all over Gideon Casella’s ego and his barely-concealed chauvinistic attitude. Man, she’s been dealing with men like him all her life.

It comes as a shock to Gideon that the brass gives the position to Sanders, a tough-as-nails female in the department. When he’s assigned to work on a special task force with her—under her—he’s furious at the department, at her, and at life in general.

Will these two hardened-by-life cops be able to find a soulmate in each other?

Don’t miss all The Casella Cousins Books: Hayley, Seth, Finn, Alessia, Gideon and Ronan from the NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling author Kathryn Shay.

Ratings and reviews

This was Gideon and Anabelle's story. Through work issues, family matters, and more, these two tried to define their relationship: friends, lovers, or more. The heat between Anabelle and Gideon was strong, strong enough for Gideon to make the changes in his life to benefit everyone involved. This was a good story and I look forward to the next story. I received a copy of this story through Enticing Journey Book Promotions, and this is my unsolicited review.

The Casella Cousins are fast becoming like family members and I’m really enjoying this series of novellas each featuring a different cousin, this is a Gideon and Anabelle’s story and it’s book 5. Gideon is not happy about being passed over for a promotion and when he finds himself working under Anabelle on a special task force he takes his frustrations out on her, what he didn’t expect was a feisty, strong woman who takes no nonsense from any one man or woman.... Anabelle holds her own in a mans world and she gives as good as she gets but she can see the hurt this man is feeling so she cuts him some slack and that’s when the games begin. A quick entertaining read thats has the perfect mix of passion, sizzling chemistry and some witty banter. There is plenty of action in this book and it has a fair few twists and turns to keep you on the edge of your seat and to keep you turning the pages.

4 star Review Gideon (The Casella Cousins #5) by Kathryn Shay I have been thoroughly enjoying the novellas in The Casella Cousins series from Kathryn Shea. This is the fifth book in the series and is Gideon and Anabelle’s story and was an entertaining read. The writing was strong, with characters that were easy to relate to and a story line that you cannot help but become invested in. When Gideon he is past over for a promotion and then forced to work under Anabelle on a special task force he is furious. Gideon frustrated me with his “he man” attitude, in fact it really annoyed me on occasion. However the author did manage to turn my opinion around and I eventually fell for him as underneath the brash exterior is a man who has been hurt. Sparks fly and I loved how feisty, sassy and driven Anabelle was. She could hold her own in what is perceived as a man’s world and could give as good as she got. She certainly had Gideon’s number and called him out when required, I liked that. There was plenty of action and the journey for Anabelle and Gideon is rocky but will they make it in the end? Or will they be torn apart?

About the author

A NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author, Kathryn Shay has been a lifelong writer and teacher. She has written dozens of self-published original romance titles, print books with the Berkley Publishing Group and Harlequin Enterprises and mainstream women’s fiction with Bold Strokes Books. She has won five RT Book Reviews awards, four Golden Quills, four Holt Medallions, the Bookseller’s Best Award, Foreword Magazine’s Book of the Year and several “Starred Reviews.” Her novels have been serialized in COSMOPOLITAN magazine and featured in USA TODAY, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL and PEOPLE magazine. There are over five million copies of her books in print, along with hundreds of thousands downloaded online. Reviewers have called her work “emotional and heart-wrenching.”