Mara Wells

Cold Nose, Warm Heart by Mara Wells
Fur Haven Dog Park series #1. Contemporary romance. Enemies to lovers troupe.
Caleb has been tasked with renovating one of the only properties left after the family’s public real estates failures. He finds a run-down building in need of repairs and updating. Renovating means current residents will be displaced and Riley, the building manager will do whatever she can to help the elderly friends, family and pets being evicted.
Canine friends and the local dog park are the key to softening up that ambitious developer.

Caleb bears the brunt of lost family and I felt bad for him multiple times as he repeatedly reaches out only to be rebuffed. Mara is shouldering a lot of responsibility for the building elderly. She obviously has a tender heart. And you gotta love the old lady with secrets, and apparently power! Cute dogs antics add humor and often steal the spotlights.
In whole, an appealing romance. I will put the rest of this series on my tbr.… (más)

A Contemporary Romance from the enemies to more trope for dog lovers everywhere!

The Donovan's lost their brilliant shine in a scandal to end all business scandals, but whereas some were without remorse, there are those that want to make a new go of things. All they need is a second chance, the right opportunity...and maybe to turn what is some people's idea of a shabby nirvana into...condos? Okay, well maybe that part of the plan isn't so good, but as much as I wanted to despise Caleb through and through, his heart kept showing. That and let's face it, the fact that he's easy on the eyes, definitely kept me coming back...but yeah, he SO needs to work on first impressions (I'm here to fire you is NOT the best opening line...gheesh!). Now, as for the one that has to resist him...

Riley is a great gal through and through. She tries her hardest, has the best intentions of everyone in mind, but she's human...sometimes she falls. Luckily for her, Caleb is there to catch her...and LouLou...several times, but she's an independent woman, perfectly capable of handling things on her own, and when the wool of attraction is removed from her eyes, the intents she initially sees are not the best. She won't let Caleb destroy the lives of all those that depend on "the Dorothy" to be their safe haven, their forever (and FURever) home, no matter how charming he might be or how blue his eyes are. She'll be strong. She'll resist. Or at least she'll try...and those good intentions, along with a fabulously snappy Grandmother, will take her a long way.

It was great getting to know everyone, human and non, and a wonderful way to be introduced to the Fur Haven Dog Park series. Can't wait to see what's in store for both our two and four legged friends!


**ebook received for review; opinions are my own… (más)

Paws for Love is the third book in the Fur Haven Dog Park series by Mara Wells, and is my favorite of the three. This book is a second chance romance between Knox and Danielle who were together in high school but broke up following a miscarriage at the age of 18. Knox went on to join the Marines and Danielle leaned on her father as she put her life back together. Fifteen years later they are reunited with past struggles and secrets to work through.

I really did love this book. I liked both characters and how they revealed that neither one had gotten over their love for the other. The greyhound dogs in this one were adorable, especially Sarge who found his person in Knox. We are able to see how the other couples from the previous books are doing as well as their dogs. The only thing I wished was that Danielle would have trusted Knox with her secret sooner and given them more time to work through it. Once the secret (which I figured out early on) was revealed, the conclusion was rather abrupt. Otherwise, I wholly recommend this book and series. While not absolutely necessary to read the books in the Fur Haven Dog Park series in order, I think the reader would have better insight into the story if they were to do so.

My sincere thanks to Sourcebooks Casablanca and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this book and give my unbiased opinion of it.… (más)

Tail for Two is the second book in the Fur Haven Dog Park series by Mara Wells. I read the first book and enjoyed it, so I was interested in continuing on with the series.

This is a second chance romance between Lance (Caleb's brother from book one) and Carrie who divorced about 3 years before. Neither has really gotten over the other and have been busy with their careers. Imagine Lance's surprise when he sees Carrie, his former dog, AND a three year old little boy at the dog park. Yes, Carrie has been keeping a secret from him.

I enjoyed this book although not quite as much as the first one in the series. I thought Lance was pretty adorable, but I didn't warm up to Carrie as much. It was interesting to see how they overcame their past ideas and look at their new chance at a life together with a different perspective than they had their earlier life together. Neither was the same person they had been, but neither was perfect either. I was satisfied with the ending.

I will recommend this book and series and look forward to reading Knox's book when it comes out. My thanks to SOURCEBOOKS Casablanca and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this book and give my unbiased opinion of it.… (más)