I'm a huge fan of Ronica Black. I've read all her previous work twice over. This book,, though it's well written and the characters are likable, seemed to struggle a bit. The romance was nice and the story was enjoyable.
There did seem to be a difficulty between the characters that made the story seem a little forced. The book was more rational than I like when reading. Don't get me wrong, I will certainly be suggesting this to my students for our book club. I just felt the relationship between the main characters was lacking meaning or emotional sustenance.

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The romance and characters were quite enjoyable in this book but there were some aspects thrown into the story to build up tension between the characters and make roadblocks but it seemed very uncharacteristic for the characters as they were described and seemed unrealistic in some ways. It felt like a way to prolong the storyline but cost some of the credibility of it.

Jayden Beaumont is a lover of dogs. She is so caring and concerned that she will put her life in danger for the four legged buggers. jayden also cares about troubled young people. Kassandra Haden is a lover of her little furry Lula. When Lula comes up missing it is a race against time to find Lula before something unfortunate happens. Jayden to the rescue. Both women have big hearts and a love for dogs and young people. This read is about caring for others and finding love in the most unexpected place. A memorable scene is when Kassandra first meets Jayden at the shelter. If you enjoy a light-hearted romance with young people putting their life together with the help of caring people and furry dogs, then this is the read for you.

I’m a huge Ronica Black fan.....been a fan since In Too Deep. But this book just didn’t feel like a Ronica Black book to me. Her other books are very deep, raw, sensual, powerful, and real. This one was just okay. The mains were nice gals, one straight, one gay. Naturally there’s a connection when they first met. Kassandra spent the rest of the book denying her feelings for Jayden. There were some plot twists thrown in but they were predictable and contrived. The best part of the book were the boys they helped and the dogs. Overall it wasn’t a bad book but it just wasn’t what I’m used to from the amazing Ronica Black. I am looking forward to reading her next book.

This was not a bad romance but it wasn't a very good one either. I found several very contrived spots in the story just to create artificial tension between leads and in general. That made everything less credible, the leads less believable and appealing, and scattered the story all over the place. Too bad, the idea was a really good one with lots of potential.
Tentatively recommended if you aren't very picky about logical plots and believable characters.

Under Her Wing is an interesting title choice for a book about a dog shelter. Anyway, Jayden and Kassandra meet when Kassandra's dog goes missing and ends up being rescued by Jayden. Their initial meeting is an awkward and hilarious affair of misunderstandings that ends up insulting Kassandra and embarrassing Jayden. Despite Jayden's goofball antics Kassandra is intrigued and forges ahead. While I loved that both characters worked tirelessly to rescue dogs while nuturing troubled teens, I became increasingly frustrated with the seemingly endless amount of angst these two had to overcome to find their happen ending. Still, this author always manages to write a polished story with a solid plot and characters you grow to love and care about. And there's lots of puppies, and who doesn't like puppies?

Kassandra, a librarian, is emotionally cautious. She is surprised by but reluctant to disclose her attraction to Jayden, an animal shelter director. Jayden, initially misunderstanding the reason for Kassandra’s arrival at the shelter, comes on strong until she discovers the mistake. While rescuing young people and dogs the women work through their emotional responses to the dynamic initial attraction. As it evolves, their relationship is challenged by internal and external conflicts. Though coming from different places in life, they both fantasize about the hot attraction and long for finding emotional comfort. Good storytelling and engaging characters create an enjoyable read.

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I haven’t read anything by this author before, but I’m a sucker for books that feature dogs, so I thought I’d give it a shot. Unfortunately, I just could not get into it.

The story is about Jayden, who runs a dog rescue shelter and Kassandra, a librarian who loses her dog. Well, that the catalyst for them meeting anyway. The story is all over the place and suffers from not picking a direction and sticking with it. There’s the rescue shelter, which Kassandra also ends up working at, and both women counsel teens, even though neither is a counselor. There’s also a stalker storyline, and Kassandra is also straight(ish), so it’s a first time coming out story.

The two women don’t actually spend any time talking to each other about anything that matters, their relationship seems to be based on mutual attraction from the first time the lay eyes on each other, but Jayden comes on like gangbusters in a case of mistaken identity (which frankly would have been creepy even if Kassandra was who Jayden had thought she was), and Kassandra hasn’t ever had feelings for a woman and isn’t sure what to do about them. There’s also annoying one-step forward forward, six-steps back situations where Kassandra or Jayden back off from the other for ridiculous reasons because they can’t be bothered to talk about what’s happening like actual adults.

That’s not counting unnecessary side plots of Kassandra’s friends trying to set her up with a guy (the outcome of which you could see coming a mile away, even if a huge mountain was in your way), and Jayden’s best friend’s inexplicable dislike for Kassandra. The standard contrived mix-up at the end was just eye-roll inducing.

The basic premise was interesting, but with so many tangents it was way too fragmented for me. There’s hints about Jayden having a murky past, but we never really get into it. Kassandra is either completely wish-washy or able to handle aggressive teens without missing a beat. I couldn’t really get a handle on either character, and as a result didn’t care about either of them.