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The Truth About Cats & Dogs

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Truth About Cats & Dogs has three great stories.

The first is Tailspin by Lori Foster which has Sadie Harte fostering sick and mistreated dogs to make them ready for adoption. Buck Boswell has tried unsuccessfully to get Sadie's attention until the morning he sees her runing around outside in her nightgown. Butch, the dog he is looking after for his friend who we met in another of Lori's books is smittened by the new dog Sadie is looking after. This is a light hearted read which will have you laughing at both the antics of the humans and pets. This is a great read by Lori.

Kristine Rolofson's story is Second Hand Sam. This is a story about Sam who is left at the alter and on his way home his dog Darcy causes an accident with Jessica Hall who is transporting three dogs she has saved from a shelter to hopefully adoptive homes. This is a heart warming story where along the way they discover that they have a lot more in common than they initially realized. This is a sweet love story set in trying circumstances.

The last story in this anthology is Familiar Pursuit by Caroline Burnes. This is another story in her ongoing storyline about the sleuthing cat Familiar. Vet, Penny Jameson comes to the resuce of 9 year old Miranda who has a litter of kittens that her Dad, Mack Sanders does not want her to have or keep. Mack gets help from Penny, her uncle Peter and Familiar when Miranda goes missing. This is also a touching story.

All three stories are heart warming and touching showing antics of pets and humans, with romance thrown in.

Shy, lonely Sadie Harte spends more time fostering animals than fostering human relationships. But when her newest rescue, a balding Chihuahua named Tish brings home a big, gross Cicada in her mouth, it gives both girls a chance to make friends with the boys in the apartment next door. Buck Boswell (whom you might recall from Foster's Men of Courage series) is dog sitting his friend Riley's Chihuahua, Butch. After spending three months wondering about the spinsterish Sadie, Buck is delighted to find her running around in just her nightgown while she tries to dodge her bug toting dog. When the two Chihuahuas meet its love at first sight, rather than break the duo up, Buck decides to use the opportunity to find out more about his next door sweetheart.

After being stood up at his own wedding, ex-football star Sam Grogan, decides to drown his sorrows at Krispy Kreme with his Bull Mastiff, Darcy. Unfortunately, Darcy is more excited about making new doggy friends then he is donuts and runs across the parking lot into the path of an oncoming van. Swerving to avoid hitting the biggest dog she's ever seen, Jessica Hall instead rams a dumpster and totals her car. She wouldn't care so much, but she's transporting three rescue Pekingese from Virginia to Rhodes Island, and she doesn't have enough money for another car. When Sam offers Jess and her dogs a ride, they set off on a trip they'll never forget.

Its opening day for Penny Jameson at her new veterinary clinic and her first customer is nine-year-old Miranda with a box full of motherless kittens. While Penny and her uncle Peter tend to the kittens, Miranda disappears. When Miranda's father, Mack Sanders, comes in asking about her, they soon find out she's been kidnapped by the same men who've been pet-napping animals from around the neighborhood to sell to companies for animal experimentation. But Peter's cat Familiar, the feline sleuth, is on the case. With Familiar's help, Penny and Mack not only solve the case and find Miranda, they also fall in love.

Okay, I'll admit it. I found this book to be a horrible disappointment. I'm a huge fan of Lori Foster and bought the book because her name was on it, but I could barely finish reading it. I've read most of Foster's anthologies and am beginning to think romantic short stories just don't work. I'm either left feeling like the couples are having sex/falling in love too soon, or I'm disappointed because so much other stuff happens besides the romance that the author ends up just tacking the romance in at the end.

I liked the writing, humor, and characters in Foster's story, but the love/sex happened so fast I felt like my head was spinning. Rolofson's writing and characters were good and the story was the most believable, but we never got to the good stuff. And Burnes' story was just ridiculous. I haven't read any of her other feline sleuth stories, but come on, a cat detective? What are we, seven? I bought the book because I like sensual romance and Lori Foster always delivers, I also happen to love animals. But this book was for the dogs. Sorry Lori, you know I love ya.

Emily Flippin Maruna

Truth About Cats & Dogs has three great stories.

The first is Tailspin by Lori Foster which has Sadie Harte fostering sick and mistreated dogs to make them ready for adoption. Buck Boswell has tried unsuccessfully to get Sadie's attention until the morning he sees her runing around outside in her nightgown. Butch, the dog he is looking after for his friend who we met in another of Lori's books is smittened by the new dog Sadie is looking after. This is a light hearted read which will have you laughing at both the antics of the humans and pets. This is a great read by Lori.

Kristine Rolofson's story is Second Hand Sam. This is a story about Sam who is left at the alter and on his way home his dog Darcy causes an accident with Jessica Hall who is transporting three dogs she has saved from a shelter to hopefully adoptive homes. This is a heart warming story where along the way they discover that they have a lot more in common than they initially realized. This is a sweet love story set in trying circumstances.

The last story in this anthology is Familiar Pursuit by Caroline Burnes. This is another story in her ongoing storyline about the sleuthing cat Familiar. Vet, Penny Jameson comes to the resuce of 9 year old Miranda who has a litter of kittens that her Dad, Mack Sanders does not want her to have or keep. Mack gets help from Penny, her uncle Peter and Familiar when Miranda goes missing. This is also a touching story.

All three stories are heart warming and touching showing antics of pets and humans, with romance thrown in.

Hunky Buck Boswell falls for his sweet neighbor Sadie in Lori Foster's story Tailspin. The cutest little dogs bring the neighbors together one morning and that is only the beginning. Buck is so enamored with Sadie it doesn't take long for their relationship to get steamy. Then you have the dogs getting closer and well it is just puts a smile in your heart. I especially like visiting characters from previous stories. Another great book that you will want to keep.

I love cats, and have been known to enjoy dog stories as well, but I thought this book was disappointing. Lori Foster's story... I couldn't even finish it. The ridiculousness of the situation (Buck is in her kitchen at dawn wearing only a bath towel) was incredible. Much was made of the fact that he was such a big, strapping manly man, and Sadie was such a drab, shy mouse. It was all put on just a little too thick. Plus, with all the other peripheral characters mentioned, I felt like I was an outsider at some sort of club, since I'm not familiar with his married friends. All in all, I cut my losses and skipped the story and went on to the next one.
The second story was more enjoyable. Poor Sam, being stood up at his own wedding, and meeting a dog-rescue volunteer by accident. It was relatively believable and interesting. My only quibble is that there wasn't a follow up about how the dog who didn't want to eat magically 'recovered' when the two humans got together for good.
The last story strained my credibility as well. I have nothing against feline sleuths (I love the "Cat Who..." books), but Familiar's stories (and again, we apparently are only seeing a cameo by him, as he has obviously been featured in other books) is just a bit too close to "Twilight Zone" territory. Putting that aside, I also had a major problem with the behavior of the humans. Here's a man with a nine-year-old daughter, and believe me, Mack Sanders doesn't make the best first impression. He sounds pretty much like a close-minded jerk, even when we're in his POV. Anyway, his daughter is missing and then kidnapped by dangerous criminals, and he's thinking about how pretty and sexy the new veterinarian is??? He wants to spend a lot more time with her, get to know her (wink, wink). And he's only known her for less than a day. And oh, did I mention that his daughter is in mortal danger? Get real!!!
Normally I like pet anthologies. I hope I like the next one better.

The Truth About Cats & Dogs has three wonderful stories about falling in love in all forms.

Tailspin by Lori Foster has Sadie Harte fostering sick and mistreated dogs to get them ready to go to good homes. Her newest case Tish literally makes her turn to her neighbor Buck Boswell. Buck can't believe what he is seeing late one night. His button down, conservative neighbor is running outside in a little nightie. Buck isn't the only one smitten, Butch the Chihuahua he is dog sitting is falling in love with Tish. This story will make you laugh at both the human and pet antics. It's another hot sexy read by Lori Foster.

Kristine Rolofson's story is Second Hand Sam. Sam Grogan is down in the dumps after being left at the altar. He comes to the rescue of Jessica Hall who is transporting three dogs she saved from death at a shelter. As they travel, they both realize they have a lot in common besides their love of pets. Sam and Jessica is a sweet toughing story.

Familiar Pursuit by Caroline Burnes has vet Penny Jameson coming to the help of Miranda. A nine year old with newborn kittens to take care of. When Miranda is missing, her dad Mack Sanders gets help from Penny. Also helping is Penny's uncle Peter and his sleuthing cat Familiar. As Mack and Penny search for Miranda they become closer and open up to each other.

All three stories will touch your heart.