KaetrinC Reviewsarson / dogs / Firefighter / German Shepherd / Romantice suspense7 Comments

Dear DD Ayres, I wanted to like Explosive Forces much more than I actually did.  Unfortunately, I didn’t buy one of the book’s central arguments and the romance was a little fast. (It does end in a HFN which was more fitting for the characters so it didn’t end up ... more >

October 24, 2016

Monday News: AT&T gobbles up Time Warner, dogs of Venice, and “sometimes it’s hard to be a woman”*

JanetPublishing NewsAdvertising / ATT / diet industry / dogs / menstruation / photography / Time Warner3 Comments

AT&T and Time Warner reveal merger to create ISP, TV, and media giant – So AT&T is plunking down a mere $85.4 billion in cash and stock for Time Warner. The media company has a bit of debt, so AT&T will effectively be paying almost $109 billion for the opportunity to ... more >

August 31, 2016

Wednesday News: On words and pictures

JanetPublishing Newsdogs / evolution / Internet trends / language / research / speech / visual communication7 Comments

Tom Wolfe challenges society’s understanding of evolution in latest book – So Tom Wolfe is now arguing that Darwin’s theory of evolution is a “myth.” It’s actually unclear from this brief interview with Wolfe what he really means by that, because I’m not sure that evolution as Darwin conceptualized it and ... more >

July 11, 2016

REVIEW: Puppy Love for the Veterinarian by Amy Woods

JayneBook Reviews / C+ ReviewsContemporary / dogs / Harlequin / Silhouette Special Edition / texas / veterinarian4 Comments

A New Leash On Love When June Leavy finds two puppies abandoned outside during a storm, she immediately feels a bond with the adorable animals. Swindled out of her life savings by her no-good ex, she, too, was left with nothing but heartache and struggles of her own. But when ... more >

January 29, 2016

REVIEW: Extreme Honor by Piper J. Drake

KaetrinC Reviewsdogs / K-9 / Military / romantic-suspense6 Comments

Dear Piper J. Drake, I’ll be honest, I clicked on this book at NetGalley entirely because of the dog. Sure there was a hot man on the cover but *dog*!! I love the idea of series set around service dogs, even if I’d had mixed success with the ones I’ve ... more >

July 9, 2015

REVIEW: Lawyer for the Dog by Lee Robinson

JayneB ReviewsContemporary / dogs / First-Person / lawyer / law related / older heroine and hero / veterinarian / Womens-Fiction4 Comments

One of the sharpest attorneys in Charleston, S.C., Sally Baynard isn’t your typical southern belle. She’s certainly not what her mother hoped she’d grow up to be, especially since she divorced her husband, Family Court Judge Joe Baynard, and his historic family with their historic wealth and historic houses. Maybe ... more >