Book Review: Rookie Year

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April 8

Rookie Year

by J. Kilburn

Genre: General Fiction / Family Life

ISBN: 9798989915200

Print Length: 430 pages

Reviewed by Peggy Kurkowski

The entertaining love triangle of Brittany, Bruce, and Tabitha hits some bumps (and baby bumps) as "adulting" takes on new meanings for each in J. Kilburn's sequel to Before.

Now attending college, Bruce Sutton is working hard to get an education while also working his way through the Vermont State Police Auxiliary Trooper program. He dreams of having a real job, just as he dreams of keeping his feisty-yet-flighty girlfriend Brittany with him after her breakup with her former girlfriend Tabitha. While Tabitha and Brittany co-parent, Bruce struggles to find his footing both in his relationship with Brittany and his professional training with the Vermont state troopers.

Making matters more confusing is the fact his auxiliary trainer is ex-Air Force veteran Christine Henri, a woman with a meteoric rise through the ranks that confounds most of the police force—except for a top secret cadre of law enforcement officials who have bigger plans for both Bruce and "Henry," as most refer to the female super trooper. There is still a biker gang to infiltrate, and it will require two highly trained undercover agents to break through their ranks. Will these two new rookies cop to what their superiors have planned for them?