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Honor N Duty by Tee O'Fallon Narrator: Vanessa Daniels
Series: Federal K-9 #6
Published by Tantor Audio on October 18, 2022
Genres: Romantic Suspense
Length: 10 hours, 24 minutes
Format: Audiobook
Source: Publisher
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Two years after his brother’s murder in jail, Department of Homeland Security K-9 Officer Kade Sampson is still haunted by guilt. No man should ever have to arrest his own brother, even if he is laundering money for a drug cartel. Fortunately, Laia Velez—his brother’s gorgeous widow—never learned the truth about Kade’s involvement. But when she asks him for help, he knows that trouble with the cartel is far from over…
Kade is the last person Laia wants to call. But between her house being thoroughly trashed and the uneasy sense that she and her young daughter are being watched, Laia isn’t taking any chances. The cartel wants something from her. And Kade and his K-9 partner, Smoke, are her only chance to survive whatever fresh hell is coming their way…
I love these books in the Federal K-9 series because of the dogs who work and the law enforcement aspects. The author has 23 years as a federal agent and it shows. I like it because the dog has a personality and a role in the story. We get at least brief mentions, if not short scenes, with those from earlier books.
It’s sometimes a challenge to know exactly how to rate a story. I really enjoyed listening to Honor N Duty. I had fun with the romance, and the suspense. The K9s in these stories are wonderful and I love learning a bit about them and their abilities. The police procedures, investigations and mysteries are all great to follow. The bromance between these federal guys who have K9s is the best.
So I had to suspend some disbelief here. Kade falls for a women when he meets her only to learn a few minutes later she is his brother Josh’s finance, Laia. He shuts himself away from her, even after Josh is arrested at a drug bust. He does get to know his precious niece. Josh is murdered in jail but Kade keeps himself away from her until she calls when her house has been ransacked.
Now the drug cartel is searching for something Josh had on them. They will do anything to get it, putting Laia and her daughter in danger.  Kade, of course, protects them falling for her all over again. Laia does some things which are very stupid even though she is generally very smart. Kade crosses some lines but does figure out a way to help them. The story has a pretty fast pace and some tense action.  I had a good time with this story.
Narration:
Vanessa Daniels has narrated all the books in the series and I enjoy her performance. There are appropriate differences in male, female and child voices. I listened at my normal 1.5x speed.
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About Tee O’Fallon
Tee O’Fallon has been a federal agent for twenty-three years, and is now a police investigator, giving her hands-on experience in the field of law enforcement that she combines with her love of romantic suspense. Tee’s job affords her the unique opportunity to work with the heroic men and women in law enforcement on a daily basis. Besides writing, Tee loves cooking, gardening, chocolate, lychee martinis, and all creatures canine.
Tee is the author of the Federal K-9 Series and the NYPD Blue & Gold Series.
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I read all types of books but my favorites are urban fantasy and romantic suspense.I like some romance and some action / adventure / mystery in everything.I like sex in my books but please, only between TWO people.Intimate conversation is equally important to the sex in a book.It lets me see the characters.The other thing I enjoy is humor.
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Still looking forward to starting this series! Glad to see you’re not only making series progress but also enjoying, Anne💜
Thanks Jonetta. I love everything K9.
I am certain that I would enjoy this series and hope to get to it someday. I do love it when the dogs are actual characters that play a role in the story.
Yes! I want the dogs to have some personality and play an actual role. This one has a bit of that. I always want that, more than the romance even.
This sounds like a good story, even with some over the top decisions from some of the characters.
I enjoyed it even if a bit of it was silly. Mostly it was good though.
I’ve read two books in this series that I really enjoyed but I haven’t read this one yet. I do like the guys and their K-9s. 😀
I really like the K9s and the police investigations.
What a wonderful review! I love that dog on the cover too.
Thank you Wendy. I love books with dogs where the dogs do things and have a personality.
I love the sound of this one. Definitely a series I’d like to read. Kade and Laia sound like wonderful characters.
Great review!
Thanks Maureen. The whole series is great, dogs, action and romance.
It’s great to see the series continues to be good
yes, it’s a good combination of layers with the dogs, mystery action, and romance.
I hope to get to this series one day. I love these type of stories.
yes I’m a huge fan of K9 stories, even the bad ones. This is one of the better ones.
The dogs sounds wonderful as does the bromance factor. Glad you’re enjoying this series so much. 🙂
This is one of the better series I think.
This sounds really good. Thanks for sharing!
I hope you get a chance to try this series.