I’ve read almost all of Jenna’s books, but I was missing this one and “The fireman I love to hate” (which I intend to read next).
If I’m not mistaken this was Jenna’s debut novel and even tho it’s a wonderful well written story, I can honestly see how much she has grown as an author since writing this book.
“You just seemed to be hitting it off with Mr. Mustard”
Alyssa, our heroine, is an independent woman who owns her own bakery and has fought hard to follow her dreams and make them came true.
She has problems with anxiety, due to great trauma that she endured while she was a child. To help her live a normal life, Alyssa counts on Cocoa, a therapy dog that is too cute not to fall in love with.
I sometimes struggle with anxiety, not anywhere near to the heroine condition (thank God), but I can appreciate how much animals help ground us during those times and help us calm down and breath through. So I appreciate how Jenna included Cocoa and brought awareness to a problem that affects more and more people everyday.
“I think he loves me. He jumped straight into oncoming traffic at a four-way intersection in Charleston to save Cocoa. If that’s not an act of love, what is?”
Grant falls in love with Alyssa almost immediately.
This is, in every sense of the word, an insta romance.
I did like the hero, but I didn’t love him. He was sweet and thoughtful and everything you want in a man, but... though I think it’s important that man show their emotions, Grant was always crying (I mean Alyssa too, but she has a condition). Well it was just too much crying, through the book, for my taste.