Heart on a Leash
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Publisher Description
Young pups teach frozen hearts new tricks when a pack of rescue huskies inspire love and romance in a coastal Alaskan town fractured by feuding families.
Taylor Lipin has made it her life's mission to leave her hometown and its ridiculous, century-old feud with the Porters behind. But when her sister needs help running the family inn, Taylor agrees to return to Helen, Alaska on a temporary, definitely not longer than two weeks, basis. Or so she thinks, until she's quite literally swept off her feet and into enemy territory by three happy huskies and their drool-worthy owner, Dr. Josh Krane.
Though Josh didn't grow up in Helen with the rest of his Porter cousins, he's heard the stories: Porters rescue huskies. The Lipins are cat people. Keep to your pack. But Taylor is too tempting to give up--plus, his dogs love her.
As Taylor and Josh grow closer, tensions in the town escalate and the need for secrecy starts taking a toll. Soon they'll need to decide whether their newfound love is just a summer fling or if they've found their forever home.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Family tensions threaten to keep young lovers apart in Martin's fun but over-the-top debut and Hearts of Alaska series launch. In the small town of Helen, Alaska, the Porter family rescues huskies while the Lipin family are "cat people"—and that's just a small piece of the generations-old rivalry between the two families. When Taylor Lipin returns from Los Angeles to help her sister manage their family's inn, she doesn't recognize the town's new doctor, Josh Krane, as a Porter through his mother. Josh doesn't know much about the rivalry himself, because his dad was in the Air Force and they were never in town for long. Both are excited about the chemistry that ignites upon meeting, but as the two families and their loyalists ramp up obstacles to their romance, they'll have to fight to stick together. The lengths both families go to prevent this relationship feels more suited to the Wild West than the present, and though it's hinted that Josh's uncle's animosity toward his nephew stems from anti-Semitism, as Josh is half Jewish, this more serious plot goes underexplored. It's a rocky start, but the scene-stealing huskies help smooth the way.
