Review: Great Danes and a great story . . . .
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 15, 2013
Leashed by Zoe Dawson(Book #1: Going to the Dogs Series)Source: PurchaseRating: 5/5 starsLeashed is a super-sweet, quick and easy read that had be smiling from start to finish!  Zoe Dawson cleverly introduces her Going to the Dogs series with this fun little novella that features Callie and Owen, and their dogs Jack and Jill.  See?  Even the dogs have super-sweet names Callie Lassiter is a first rate dog trainer who owns her own business, adores her Great Dane, Jack and has absolutely, positively and without doubt, sworn off bad boys!  Owen McKay is well, Owen McKay and everyone knows him.  Owen owns the hottest night club in town, he has everything he could possibly want and, he is a bad boy with two capital B¡s!  On the surface, Callie and Owen are oil and water and everyone knows those two things just don¡t mix.  Unfortunately, no one told Jack and Jill the rule about oil and water Callie lives next door to Owen and has watched as many a woman has made her way into and out of Owen¡s apartment.  Though Callie has no problem admitting how deliciously hot her neighbor is she also has no problem admitting she really doesn¡t want to be a part of the trollop train.  Even when you just live next door, a walk of shame is still a walk of shame.  But, as so often happens in novels, fate and two ginormous Great Danes have other plans. Jack and Jill just don¡t have the same issues as their humans and when the two finally meet, it is all kinds of puppy love.  Oh, and because they ran away together and shagged each other, there¡s gonna be some babies   Nothing like forcing your humans into a relationship, right?Over the next several weeks and months, Callie and Owen are forced to deal with one another for the sake of their dogs and the puppies.  Both lay all their cards on the table and decide (as smart adults do) that despite being totally in lust with one another and enjoying each other¡s company immensely, there is just no way they will ever work as a couple.But there is always the nagging attraction, the lust . . . maybe, if they knock boots just once . . . .the dogs got too . . . .The Bottom Line: I¡m not even gonna lie, there is no way I saw this book and how much I enjoyed it coming!  Leashed is every bit as much about Jack and Jill¡s love story as it is about Callie and Owen¡s story.  Every character, even the dogs, is well-developed, well-rounded and someone worth investing your time in.  Another bonus: the fact that Dawson has used a novella-length story to introduce the entire series. This little bit of awesome worked wonders for me and just as soon as I finished Leashed, I scurried right on over to Amazon and bought the second full-length book, Groomed for Murder.  As for recommendations: this is a well-written, fast-paced read with an HEA.  Leashed will appeal to a wide variety of readers including animal lovers, romance lovers, and anyone just looking for a fun, quick read.