3.5 stars

Another good offering from Linda Howard, though Tricks really stole the limelight! It's got everything you expect from romantic suspense: a highly-trained operative (thankfully not yet another SEAL story), a small town, and a woman who keeps to herself. This time round we got a bonus main character: a wonderfully smart Golden Retriever.

I was a little confused about how you can have an administrative Chief of Police, but I guess there are other positions where people are elected without qualification, so I let that slide without bothering me too much.

Spoiler

The relationship between Bo and Morgan seemed to come out of nowhere though, and they both gave in so far - to the marriage as well as the general lust - and I wish there had been some explanation about exactly why Axel and Bo hated each other so much.

But an entertaining read, which is all I really ask for in this genre.