When Elena’s younger brother is abducted by the cartel that’s been slowly taking over the town, she must turn to Cash and his canine partner Bear in her crusade to get him back.
I’m a sucker for a dog on the cover. And Bear is a working dog, which is a novel idea for someone whose own dog lives for sleeping, eating, and sniffing every blade of grass he comes across on his daily walks.
This is an action-packed story, where the main characters take on a drug cartel practically single-handedly. Elena and Cash’s secrets are unfurled slowly, and I appreciated how their backstories added to their current conflicts and the way they approached the rescue and the kindling of their romance. Bear is a sweetheart and I wanted to squish her face throughout.
However, I did feel like the romance was very underdeveloped, which makes sense considering the amount of ground covered in not that long a book. If this were a movie, I’d probably describe it as action-adventure with a minor romantic subplot rather than romantic suspense – not bad in itself, but not really what I was promised either. And while I understood Elena’s impatience, her insistence on plunging into mortal danger without a second thought repeatedly was unrealistic and exasperating.
Disclaimer: I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley. This is my honest and voluntary review.