Fetching Sweetness (#02 in Love Unleashed Series)

I found the beginning somewhat disjointed and hard to get in to. The heroine came across as scatty, and that's never a good sign. Well, not for me. I also thought the early scenes felt contrived, as though their sole purpose was to get Stephanie and Rusty together. Yes, I know that's exactly the purpose of opening scenes in any novel, especially a romance novel, but I should feel as though the events occurred naturally (at least, that's how I usually feel). With Fetching Sweetness, it felt too much like the author had pulled a bunch of strings to get the characters where she needed them to be. \\r\\n\\r\\nOnce the story got going, it was excellent. It was a road trip with a difference as Stephanie and Rusty join forces to return the enormous and ungainly Sweetness to his owner, and battle some of their own personal issues along the way. \\r\\n\\r\\nBut then the end came, and that didn't work for me either. I could explain why, but, well, spoilers. Suffice to say the ending was like the beginning, and neither were like the excellent middle. Yes, the end made sense-well, mostly-but it didn't leave me with that 'ahhh' feeling I get from a great romance. \\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\nThanks to Harvest House and NetGalley for providing a free ebook for review.