Romance
Description
In this sweet and sexy friends-to-lovers romance from the New York Times
bestselling author, it takes an adorable little rescue dog to show a
hard-headed cowboy how to win over the woman he loves . . .
With a thriving cattle ranch and good friends all around, there’s not much Luke Nilsen would change about his life. But when his buddy Noah’s sister comes to visit, Luke begins to wonder if it’s time to change himself—and become the kind of man a sophisticated city woman like her would want. Maybe his female bestie, Bernie Cooper, who runs the local coffee shop, can use her womanly expertise and give him a man makeover . . .
Bernie thinks Luke is just fine the way he is—more than fine, even—aside from being blind to the fact that Bernie is perfect for him. But what’s a BFF to do? Perhaps it’s time for her to finally get over Luke and move on. Yet as Luke helps organize their small town’s Adopt a Shelter Dog auction event, one sweet little puppy seems to be on a mission to help Luke realize that the right woman has been right by his side all along . . .
With a thriving cattle ranch and good friends all around, there’s not much Luke Nilsen would change about his life. But when his buddy Noah’s sister comes to visit, Luke begins to wonder if it’s time to change himself—and become the kind of man a sophisticated city woman like her would want. Maybe his female bestie, Bernie Cooper, who runs the local coffee shop, can use her womanly expertise and give him a man makeover . . .
Bernie thinks Luke is just fine the way he is—more than fine, even—aside from being blind to the fact that Bernie is perfect for him. But what’s a BFF to do? Perhaps it’s time for her to finally get over Luke and move on. Yet as Luke helps organize their small town’s Adopt a Shelter Dog auction event, one sweet little puppy seems to be on a mission to help Luke realize that the right woman has been right by his side all along . . .
4 STARS
Probably the first thing that comes to mind is that this was a sweet story. With all the animals especially the puppies and the close community of family and friends. Of course it also WASN'T syrupy sweet, (which I appreciated) because there are challenges. One of those being the years long friendship between the two main characters, people that I liked. Things are shifting between them and Luke and Bernie aren't sure where they are headed. It leads to some confusing times between them but it also helps Bernie set some boundaries with Luke. Something that she's never done before, because remember they have been best friends. Luke is "pretending" to everyone that he is just fine, that he's the same calm, got it together guy that he was before leaving for the military. Even though people who care about him, can tell he isn't and needs help for his PTSD. That adds another element to the story that as you can tell adds more problems.
I enjoyed Bernie and her "all in" passion for different things. Some of her family, especially her mom is worried that she will burn herself out doing too much. Adding yet another struggle to be worked out in the story.
There were other people in the story that were enjoyable. Other people working out their problems, some even unique who were marching to their own drum.
I don't want to add to much more because "why spoil the story for someone else?"
I will say that I liked how the book ended.
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