This was my first Linda Howard book and I will definitely add her to my list of go-to authors! I really enjoyed her storyline involving Tricks the dog. Tricks is very intelligent and gave a lot to the story. The first part of Troublemaker was full of action, but then I got a little bored. I feel like it needed a little more adventure. Even at the end, when we discovered who the bad guys were, I felt it could have been more adventurous.

I like small town romance and this fits that plot; however, in these times, the use of condoms is a must!! I wouldn't bring this up, but in the story they discuss the fact that they didn't have a condom but continued on with unprotected sex. They had only known each other a few weeks and didn't know much about the other one's past.

I do not want to give any more info about the story itself because I don't want to spoil it for future readers, but again I will say Linda Howard is a good author and I look forward to reading more of her books.

This was a Goodreads.com giveaway.