
That way the story is not bogged down in details that are insignificant to the journey these characters are on. We get his basic story of how he came to be where he is at, physically and emotionally, and that’s really all we need to know for the story to work. We, as the readers, don’t need to know his details. Rhett is a bit harder to figure out, but I felt that was by design. For a debut novel, I was impressed.Ĭonstance’s back story unfolds slowly, so we get to know her as we also get to know her hang-ups. After I finished this book I found out this is the author’s debut published novel, so she’s not just new to me…she’s new to everyone. Of course, with any new-to-me author I have to get used to their writing style. It was around the same point I felt the segues smoothed out. I was about a quarter of the way through before I could tell the voices of the sisters apart in my head. This story took a bit for me to work out in my head. As Rhett and Constance slowly open up to each other, they’ll find that no one is past rescuing what they need is the right person-or dog-to save them. When their dog rescue is threatened, the sisters fight to protect it. He’s ready to let the funny redhead join, but unprepared for the way she wiggles past his hard-won defenses. Rhett Santos keeps his gym as a refuge for his former-military brothers and to sweat out his own issues. Desperate for a change, Constance impulsively joins a new gym, even though it seems impossibly hard, and despite the gym’s prickly owner. With the help of some rescue dogs, they’ll discover that everyone deserves a chance at happiness.Īfter a year of heartbreak and loss, the only thing keeping Constance afloat is the dog rescue she works at with her sister, Sunny.
