This book was definitely better than the first, but the main character is annoying and her "boyfriend" is a moron.Since I don't normally write reviews unless I have something specific to say, here's the break down of how I rate my books...1 star... This book was bad, so bad I may have given up an...
Attorney-turned-freelance-pet-sitter Kendra Ballantyne has found a corpse in a client's apartment, and it's up to her to prove the innocence of the obvious suspects: her client's furry ferrets.
The petnapping of a puppy and an iguana leads Kendra Ballantyne to her Southern California pet-sitting club, where she learns of other foul play. Then a fellow pet-sitter turns up bludgeoned to death. Kendra has her suspicions, but it soon appears she's barking up the wrong tree.
The screen told me HotRescues was on the line, but not who was calling. “Hello,” I answered as I slipped into the driver’s seat. “Lauren, it’s Nina. Are you heading here anytime soon? We have someone here who’s eager to adopt one of the kittens. The credentials sound good to me, and I’d like you ...
How could I refuse? He had done that before, when he’d initially intended to impress me: acted as top chef right in my own kitchen, more than once. As if someone of his wealth, power—and sexiness—needed to do more to be impressive. And he’d succeeded. I helped him retrieve a couple of grocery bag...
Too inappropriately. But she wanted so badly to get Eli talking about his father so she could learn what Stan was really up to these days.How, and why, he had been abusing his own son.Could she dare to get Councilwoman Arviss off on her own and ask her questions? She seemed to be on Eli’s side.Bu...
I went inside through the back entrance to grab my purse. Fortunately, Millie and Martha remained out front so it was easy for me to sneak back out again. We all then returned to the sidewalk in front of the store and headed in the direction of the Beware-of-Bubbles Coffee...
Good thing she’d joined a gym and worked out a lot during her last job as an online magazine and newspaper proofreader in Seattle. Otherwise, this part of her new position as a member of the company’s cleaning team would have been a lot harder. Stopping, she pulled her pri...
Maybe my exhaustion inserted them there. Or maybe not. I did ask again where he’d been. I said I’d stumbled against the Escalade on my way into his house and had noticed its engine was warm. Wasn’t that an indication it had been driven recently? “Sure,” he replied breezily as we completed our pro...
Lt. Patrick Worley didn’t even try to keep the disbelief from his voice. “Maybe the world?” “Okay, could be an exaggeration,” responded his superior, Major Drew Connell. His gold-colored eyes that looked so much like those of his wolf side, even when he was in human form, stared sternly at Patric...
We’d eaten a quick breakfast of cereal and milk, embellished by slices of fresh banana and strawberries. Then Matt left to take Rex home and go to his office at Animal Services, while Zoey and I headed for HotRescues. I’d spoken with our champion handyman, Pete, as he got food from our storage bu...
The food, sure. The company even better, once we got off the topic of the op-ed piece, and me, and what I was doing to potentially get in Justin’s way. And how the story—no, what I was doing that it mentioned—might put me in danger. We talked instea...
She was driving her personal car, a silver SUV, rather than an official Clifford County, Montana, Sheriff’s Department vehicle, despite being in uniform. It was late afternoon, and she was off duty. If she’d had time to go home and change, she would have. But she was too e...
A listaholic. That was how I handled all of my litigation. My pet-sitting. My life. But I had no idea how to list a plan of attack to locate Jeff. That night before bed, I sat on Jeff’s white sectional sofa, in his sunken living room, surrounded by sympathetic dogs. Lexie’s head was on my lap, an...
I didn’t see Neal but figured he was in bed. Good. I didn’t really want to talk about my evening—even though I was having a hard time thinking about anything else. Although with the exercise I’d gotten, I assumed I’d sleep well. I was right. But eve...
Each time she sat down, or stood, or did nearly anything, her mind kept returning to that scene near the woods. And so she spent the next hour sitting on the uncomfortable brown sofa in her quarters, trying to read a book on military history to distract her—and failing dis...
He seemed engrossed in conversation with the doxie guy, but as soon as I stepped into the room he must have noticed, since he rose and strode toward me.He reached out to grasp my arms and give me a brief hug. It seemed a bit off to me as a greeting here, but I let him … until my gaze stopped at t...
Or maybe she simply couldn’t talk. Her smile was brave as she came over to where we stood, but her face and demeanor made it clear how unhappy and scared she was. She didn’t meet my gaze. Since the door had been left open, Sammy had followed her out, and the alert Malinois sat obediently at Bella...
It wouldn’t have fit five easily, so I’d allowed that to be the sort-of excuse I gave to Justin about why I couldn’t see him that evening. As I often did, I requested a rain check. He’d granted it immediately, and I’d almost regretted not inviting him along. Almost. If he’...
I wasn’t the only non–board member there. Spencer couldn’t vote either, although I heard it confirmed that he, a CPA, provided financial advice to the group. The first motion was to elect Ellie the ongoing chairman. That passed unanimously. They nex...