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WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN ALL YOUR CHOICES SUCK?

As far as the student-run Eyewitness News is concerned, J.J. is a journalist. And if he wants to cover the Black Lives Matter protests, EWN needs him there. He'll be a big name someday, the editors say.

J.J.'s father is a Portland police officer, however, and he's demanding J.J. quit EWN, and quit covering the protests. Or leave home and lose his family.

And J.J. must choose: his family or his future.

Sometimes there are no good choices. And J.J. must choose.

Book 1 in a new-adult suspense series.

Some sex. Bad language. Lots of politics. It's Portland.

TW: attempted suicide.

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN ALL YOUR CHOICES SUCK? As far as the student-run Eyewitness News is concerned, J.J. is a journalist. And if he wants to cover the Black Lives Matter protests, EWN needs him there. He'll be a big name someday, the editors say. J.J.'s father is a Portland police officer, however...

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6 reviews
T R Kavanagh
June 27, 2026
This is a powerful book. I watched coverage of the protests in Portland. From the outside, it looked like it was mostly good people, trying to do the right thing. This book brings you into the lives of people in the middle of it all. They are fictional, but the writer forces you to feel them. Excellent work.
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Daphne Osmond
July 29, 2025
totally enjoyed the read!!
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About the author

L.J. Breedlove is a former journalist writing mysteries and thrillers about what she knows: complicated people, small towns, big cities, cops, reporters, politicians, assorted bad guys.

L.J. grew up on a cattle ranch and then went to college to be an oceanographer. She decided getting seasick was not a good trait for any oceanographer to have, and discovered journalism instead — a field that liked people who asked questions!

As a reporter and editor, she worked in Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, Texas, and Washington, D. C. — places that have become the sites for her books. She got homesick for the Pacific Northwest and came home to work with college newspapers and teach journalism.

She is an over-educated, bleeding-heart liberal with a penchant for heroes such as Jack Reacher. She isn't particularly bothered by the inconsistency. Some of her thrillers have werewolves in them — that doesn’t faze her either.

You can follow her on Facebook at ljbreedlove. Best place to find her — besides a local coffee shop — is at ljbreedlove.com. You can sign up for her email newsletter there!

L.J. Breedlove is a former journalist writing mysteries and thrillers about what she knows: complicated people, small towns, big cities, cops, reporters, politicians, assorted bad guys. L.J. grew up on a cattle ranch and then went to college to be an oceanographer. She decided getting seasick was...

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