143
pages
Blurb
Sullivan Haines knows exactly what he wants out of life. Fame
as a Broadway dancer and to find the man of his dreams. Sadly, his love life is
a dismal mess, his roommate is PMS personified, and working at a dingy dance
studio teaching old people how to tango and foxtrot is not exactly the bright
lights. Actually, life in the Big Apple is pretty rotten, until he and his dog
run into tall, dark, and oh-so-handsome Duane Hart in the park. Their pooches
hit it right off, but can the two men find romance along the park’s winding
paths?
Duane Hart hasn’t had a lot go right in his life. His girlfriend recently broke up with him, taking everything that wasn’t nailed down or in his roommate’s name. Well, everything except the Yorkshire terrier that he didn’t want to get in the first place, and that she now refuses to take back. However, when he meets a handsome stranger and his pit bull in the dog park, will the blooming heat in his chest be able to convince him to start dating again? Or will fate prove love isn’t a walk in the park, after all?
Duane Hart hasn’t had a lot go right in his life. His girlfriend recently broke up with him, taking everything that wasn’t nailed down or in his roommate’s name. Well, everything except the Yorkshire terrier that he didn’t want to get in the first place, and that she now refuses to take back. However, when he meets a handsome stranger and his pit bull in the dog park, will the blooming heat in his chest be able to convince him to start dating again? Or will fate prove love isn’t a walk in the park, after all?
Review
Love is a Walk in the Park is a most adorable, sweet, and uplifting
story. It sucked me in right from the start and kept me reading when there were
about a million other things I really should have been doing but…good book. 😊
Sullivan and Duane were fabulous main characters. On the
surface they are as different as it is possible for two men to be. While
Sullivan is all femme, outrageous, and in your face gay, Duane is more subdued,
sober, and a manly-man. Together they are pure magic as they move from attraction
to infatuation and beyond. Their polar opposite natures made me smile at least
once every page while the way in which those differences only seemed to make
them more perfect for each other warmed my heart.
But, as adorable as Sullivan and Duane are, I have to say
they had a fight on their hands when it came to claiming my affections. And
they were up against tough competition in the form of Tiberius the Great and Princess
Pizazz Periwinkle, the first a Yorkshire Terrier belonging to Duane and the second
being Sullivan’s Pitbull. The dogs are about as mismatched as their owners,
both when it comes to which human they own and compared to each other but, as
with Duane and Sullivan, that only serves to make them more fabulous.
In fact, with one notable exception, I loved all secondary
characters in this book. The story is filled with good people and wonderful
friendships. While these people were forever teasing each other, they were also
ready to look out for their friends at a moment’s notice when the need arose.
Love is a Walk in the Park is basically a feel-good story.
However, that doesn’t mean Sullivan and Duane are spared their nightmarish
moments. I’m not going to go into any details except to say that love and
friendship really do work minor miracles in this story, leaving me to a happy
ending that felt perfect for our protagonists and was very satisfying for me.
Overall, I have to call this first Locey collaboration a
resounding success and I can’t wait to see what V.L. and Stephanie will come up
with next.
