Rhys (The K9 Files) by Dale Mayer

Rhys doesn’t expect a trip to Cottage Grove, Oregon, to start with a house shot up with bullets. If it had stopped there, it would have been manageable—a drive-by shooting that the cops chase down. But nothing is easy in Rhys’s world. And this case goes to hell right from the beginning …

Taylor, an army vet herself, struggles to regain a normal life, after she was injured by friendly fire in Iraq. Taking on a War Dog appeals to Taylor, a connection that she relates to, but she first must pass an interview, before she can keep Tallahassee. An interview with someone with a prosthetic just like Taylor’s. Only he is far more capable than she is.

Still that lack of self-confidence is the least of Taylor’s worries, as things go from bad to worse, and she realizes these attacks were very personal—and very close to home …