Publisher: Berkley
Published: September 26, 2017
ISBN: 978-0399584749
Genre: Contemporary
Romance
Format: Print
Obtained via: Publisher
Reviewed by
name and email address: Gina myreviewbooks@aol.com
FOUR-1/2 HEARTS
Carly DeCusati is happy with her life. She does what she wants, when she wants, how
she wants and who she wants. Yes, who
she wants. Well, at least she was happy
with her life. With the loss of her job she
has to move back to her home town of Bluff Point, at least for the near
future. And that’s not exactly happy
news. She arrives just as her parents are
leaving for Florida for the foreseeable future and she’s left living with her
younger sister, Gina. Her relationship
with Gina takes sibling rivalry to a whole new level and it’s not pretty. Oh,
and just before her move back to Bluff Point her elderly neighbour in Brooklyn
died and left her her parrot, Ike and elderly lab, Saul. For someone who is just not into commitment
the dog and the bird are so not what she wants in her life. At least she’s still foot loose and fancy
free, right? But that’s about to change.
James Sinclair has loved one woman for just about his whole
life. He saw her once 11 years ago and
it was love at first site. When he sees her
again he knows that this time he can’t let her get away. The thing is, the woman he can’t live without
has no interest in a happily ever after.
And to make matters worse, he has secrets, secrets that will send her
running as fast as she can from Bluff Point.
I was thrilled when I saw that Jenn McKinlay was starting to
write romance and enjoyed the first book in her Bluff Point series, ABOUT A
DOG. ABOUT A DOG was a cute story, more
chik litish than contemporary romance and the characters seemed to be a bit juvenile. McKinlay not only hit her stride in her most
recent book in this series, BARKING UP THHE WRONG TREE, she surpassed herself. She definitely proves the old adage about the spicy
woman beneath the stern librarian’s demeanour!
While reading more than one scene I had an image of McKinlay whipping
off a pair of practical glasses, shaking out a bun and letting loose. She writes a toe curling love scene.
There are hints of Angie and Mel from McKinlay’s cupcake series
in the personalities of the Maine Crew, but they are definitely their own
characters. Carly goes though some nice
and believable changes in the story. As
her history comes out the reader can see how and why she made the choices she
did.
James is intense in his feelings for Carly, but is in no way an
alpha male which was nice for a change of pace.
I liked Pops and the Sinclair family.
They were a hoot. There is some
nice catching up with Mac and Gavin.
Most of all I loved Ike and Saul. Ike was just a really fun character and added
some awesome humor to the story.
The books are stand alones and can be read out of order because
McKinlay gives enough back story to catch you up.
This is an objective review and not an endorsement of
this book.
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