Description:

From Publishers Weekly

Shepherd's winning new contemporary romance, the follow-up to Love Is a Four-Legged Word, features former model Serena Oakley, a woman once photographed covered in chocolate and voted "the gal American men wanted to lick all over." Now owner of Paws-A-While, a doggy day care, her radar goes up when handsome Nick Whalen walks in the door clutching a teacup Yorkie. He's a PI hired to determine if there's a connection between Paws-AWhile and the identity theft of its patrons "parents," and his bow-wearing pup is actually his aunt's pet. Though Nick finds Serena seductively sweet, her skittish behavior arouses his suspicions, and Serena has her own trust issues with men and a past of violent victimization. But when Serena's identity is stolen, she and Nick come clean to one another and the sizzle heats up. Shepherd provides enough in the way of red herrings to keep the reader wondering whodunit, but the book's mystery component takes a definite back seat to the developing romance. Compelling lead characters, the clever if cutesy doggy friendly setting, and a deft hand at light humor mitigate yet another heroine-as-victim.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Product Description

From the author of the delightful Love is a Four-Legged Word comes another novel of romance, mystery, and dogs.

Former model Serena Oakley has opened Paws-A-While, a doggy daycare and spa in San Francisco. When a ruggedly handsome client walks in, holding a Yorki-Poo too dainty for his personality, Serena knows something's not right.

Undercover PI Nick Whalen has followed a series of identity frauds to Serena and is determined to dig up secrets he's certain she is hiding. Despite their mutual distrust, Nick and Serena find themselves bonding over an injured, orphaned dog. And soon they're arousing more than just suspicions. But will the pair trust in love enough to thwart a danger circling too close to home?