Sara Wright has sworn off dating police officers and is concentrating on her job as the trainer for the K-9 facility. Well, that is until Isabel Marquez turns up at the training ground looking for Miss Wright. Isabel is not on the list of prospective trainees and it’s a training programme that officers wait years to get into. While Sara has misgivings about what strings were pulled for Isabel she can’t deny her attraction for the petite police officer.

This is the first solo novel I’ve read by Cummings and I’m sure it won’t be the last. It’s a really gentle and easy-to-read romance with no real angst or drama. There are definitely days when this exactly the kind of read I like to relax with. Sara and Isabel are both likeable characters although I felt there was a much better insight into Isabel than Sara.

If you’re a fan of dogs, especially service dogs, then Chase is another wonderful character. I would have liked more specifics around the actual training of the service dogs and perhaps more expression of trust between Isabel and her canine partner. If you’re hoping for some police drama and action, this is not the book, but if you want something to unwind to, this would work.

Book received from Netgalley and Bold Strokes Books for an honest review.

This is more of a 3 1/2 star rating, if it was possible.

This was a nice, smooth read for me. The author has a nice flow to her writing, and nothing ever got too weird with the plot. I wouldn't say this was a "page turner" but I was invested the whole way in not only Sara and Izzy's relationship, but the training with Izzy and Chase as well.

I knocked a star off because I got a little bit of the crazy jealous girlfriend vibe from Izzy that made me not like her as much. I understand not liking Sara's relationship with Nicole to a point, but she went too possessive and finger-pointing pretty quickly in their relationship. I don't want to give too much away, but it seemed like they had been dating for like 3 weeks before the big showdown went down. It also didn't seem healthy how many times Sara had to promise her nothing was going on.

Overall, a pretty simple and easy read.

This book is just ok, there is nothing that stands out in it. It is a fairly common story in which there are many issues that could make the story more interesting, but all are treated superficially and some are not fully explained.
There is an age difference between the protagonists, although not much, about 8-10 years, but at some point it seems that it will be a problem; there is something of previous relationships that are not completely finished and that interfere in the new relationship that begins; There is also the loss of the mother of one of the protagonists at an early age. 14 I think, and what this entails besides the pain itself. Surely there are some more that I no longer remember.
In addition to this, the behavior of the two protagonists did not seem very coherent, which is why they have not interested me very much, nor they separately or together. Neither is the dog remarkable.
I sincerely hope that other reviewers can offer a more positive point of view than mine.