Dare Me Again is the second book in the Angel Fire Falls series By Shelly Alexander. You can read it as a standalone but I do recommend reading Dare Me since it was just as fun, sexy, and heartwarming. It was where Elliott’s brother, Trace fell in love and now it was his turn.

Elliott never backed down from a dare. Never. His brothers would never let him live it down. So he agreed to their latest one. He would be the family face for the service dog training for veterans. A training that will be held on their property. The Remington. It wouldn’t be such a big deal except dogs hated him. He really thought that would be the only challenge to the bet. Nope. The dog whisperer in charge would take the number one spot. His ex-girlfriend. The one who disappeared, leaving only a Dear, John letter behind.

Rebel couldn’t believe she was doing this. Going back to the island where she grew up. Where she left the only man she ever loved behind. For his own good she believed. But, that was ten years ago. It was time to deal with her past so she could move forward. And she needed the paycheck so she could do just that. Back in Portland. Five weeks. She could survive five weeks then get back on that ferry to get off the island for good. Except, she didn’t expect what would happen when she saw him again.

Elliott and Rebel’s relationship was different now. They had jobs to do. Important ones. Ones that would get them to where they want to be. Him in San Francisco and her in Portland. Two completely different worlds. His in finance. Hers with dogs. Can they put their past behind them to get to the end goal? Will being in the same room bring back memories that we’re hiding away so they wouldn’t be in pain? Can they find a way to have a second chance? A one month fling? Anything? Can he even trust her not to run away again?

Aw! I loved this one. When there are animals involved it’s always an added bonus. It makes me want to cuddle with my own pets. Anyway, I enjoyed Elliott and Rebel’s story. They both have secrets and pasts to work through. Rebel is definitely a badass who has made mistakes but trying to give back in any way she can. Elliott is the serious brother but he has a big heart. Together, I loved their banter, chemistry, and laughter.

Overall...it’s a great story full of inspiration, love, heat, and fun. I am excited for the next book. I think I know who is up next 😉

Quotes:

“Those vets survived war,” Spence said. “You can survive an old girlfriend for five weeks.”
“That’s low, even for you two idiots,” Elliott huffed.

“My tone is authoritative,” he said.
“You just keep telling yourself that,” she countered, forcing her thoughts back to the dog.

“I see your ego has surpassed your massive IQ.”

Well written with a good plot that captured this reader immediately. I received an arc from Netgalley and this is my unbiased review.

Dare Me Again (Angel Fire Falls, #2) by Shelly Alexander ...WOW... thank you Shelly for a great read..and thanks to the publisher and #NetGalley for letting me preview this book. I'm in love with all the Remingtons and Angel Fire Falls... Elliot and Rebel are both hurting from 10 years ago and are both hiding something that has ruled their lives. She is a trainer of support dogs..he is home helping the family and the resort but plans to go back to his high paid, high stress financial job. This books pull at all the strings of your heart. Vets who need support dogs, dogs that need to be needed, Autism, love and forgiveness. Lets not forget Rem and Bogart. I laughed, cried (ugly), enjoyed the story and the feels and steamy sex all on the way to a very HEA. I can't wait for the next book in this series.

Reasons I enjoyed this book:
Original Easy-to-read Entertaining Romantic Realistic Wonderful characters Great world building Informative Funny Page-turner Steamy Happily Ever After

Second Chance at love and life romance

Dare Me Again is the second book in Shelly Alexander’s Angel Fire Falls series. I’m not sure why, but I had a harder time getting engaged in Rebel and Elliot than I did in the previous book. I think the story line about the Service Dog Camp for veterans was interesting. However I found that having both main characters reflecting on their “guilt” baggage a little disruptive to the flow of the story. That being said there are many 4 and 5 star reviews and I encourage readers to pick up the book and see what they think.
I received an advance reader copy via NetGalley.

I had the pleasure of reading an ARC of this book. It is a very touching story line that talks about human and canine injustices. By combining the two you come up with a second chance at love but only after the main characters are able to deal with life’s baggage.
I dare you to read it....

Dare Me Again is Book 2 in Shelly Alexander's Angel Fire Falls series. It could certainly be read as a standalone but Book 1 is great and the characters do appear this time around as well so I do recommend giving it a try as well.

The sparks flew off the pages between Rebel and Elliott. Oh my! Friends and lovers until Rebel leaves town and Elliot with only a brief note explaining. I enjoyed watching the story unfold between these two as they learned to trust each other and rebuild their relationship. I was also a sucker for all the dogs!!!

Oh what did I just read? Shelly does it again in book two in this series! Incredible story and so hard to put down. Elliot has come home to the family resort to help out his brothers and Dad. He's got a great job in San Fran and a partnership waiting for him. Something he values above all else, but he hasn't told his family he has no plans to stay on the island.
There resort is hosting a service dog workshop pairing dogs with Veterans who have a variety of problems. The event is being sponsored by a large corporation and when the original dog trainer drops out, Lily finds a replacement. A dog whisperer, in the form of Rebel Tate. Rebel once lived on the island and left 10 years ago without a word and hasn't been back. Rebel and Elliot were a couple, they had plans and Rebel vanishes with a goodbye note. What a rough life this young girl had, she finds her calling or maybe her calling finds her, but she's now a sought after dog trainer. Her heart lies with working with service animals and people who need them. There's a reason for that.
No one else in the family is available to assist Rebel and part of the deal for the event was that a family member take part. Elliot is it. His distaste, distrust and flat out meanness for Rebel make him a hard man to warm up to. Elliot's hiding his own secrets and constantly calls Rebel out on hers.
I loved Rebel and both her strengths and weaknesses. Shelly had written an honest human character.
It takes Elliot most of the book for him to suss out Rebel's story after the 10 years that have passed since they last saw each other. His anger still boils over. Pressured by his job waiting for him, dealing with Rebel and his brothers, he's torn I think but you don't get that impression in the book. You get a selfish man who's going to leave his family again, who's willing to lose the event despite it already being in progress, all because of his selfishness. It was sad watching him at times, another thing he did which grate on me was that Rebel went to a shelter over on the mainland and got a young man who had experience with dogs because the trainers didn't show with the dogs. It was hard to ascertain whether the guy was on the high end of the spectrum or not but clearly he just took simple direction and was a champ with the dogs and helped Rebel immensely. Elliot always had a mumbled commentary about whatever he said or did. That irritated the nuts out of me. He finally stopped doing it. This was such a great story and a tad tidy at the end, but nonetheless I loved it and can't wait for the next one. It's got everything you want in a story. I also loved the service dogs aspect.
It's a must read. Absolutely.
More than 5 stars.

arc from NetGalley and publisher for an honest review

I really enjoyed this second book in the series. All the stuff with the service dogs about training and pairing them was wonderful. Rebel and Elliott are great characters and I’m glad they worked everything out and unloaded years worth of guilt. I’m looking forward to the other books in the series!

A wonderful second chance romance that you will fall in love with. Dare Me Again is filled with love and family. The Remington family is back and this time it's Elliot who is getting a second chance with the only girl he's loved Rebel. Elliot is a wiz when it comes to helping get the family hotel back up on track. He is an amazing guy yet a workaholic who you can tell is missing just that little something. Rebel hasn't had an easy life and once you read this one you feel for her. Her work with training dogs takes her back to the place she once called home. Once Rebel and Elliot see each other you can just feel those sparks fly. I love the chemistry between Rebel and Elliot and the changes they both go through throughout Dare Me Again. This book is simply lovely and I can't wait for the next book to follow with more of the Remington clan.

I received a free, advance copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher. This is my unbiased and voluntary review.

Rebel has been through so much in her 28 years. When she decides to return to Angel Fire Falls to head up a boot camp for service dogs and wounded vets, she has to face the ones she left behind. She has a lot of explaining to do to Elliott, but once she decides to stop running away and use her words to communicate, she realizes that the Remington’s are the only family she needs! Great book with lots of ‘feels’!

I read the first book in this series previously and I definitely think that it helped me understand several scenes in the second book.

DARE ME AGAIN by Shelly Alexander is a wonderful story. It grabs you from page one, I couldn't put it down! Elliot and Rebel were teenagers in love, who are reunited. They work together to match Veterans with service dogs. They're both carrying around baggage and secrets. They both need to knock down the walls around their hearts for this second chance romance.

OK call me a sucka but come on how can you turn away from a book where there are vets being helped, dogs being rescued, a kid with whose special in his own right getting his merit badge and a second chance romance from two that deserve it more than most. Both running from a past and both with secrets, both stuck somewhere they don't want to be by the circumstances of their past. These two can't be more the same and both different but what matters most is a love that's deep and true. Well deep and true when they both tend to run and hide instead of face things but trust me this time no running is allowed. Great read, the brothers don't disappoint, neither do their women and of course we gotta include the author. I love the direction of her reads, the intensity and yes the emotion (the vets and dogs got to me in a powerful way). And that's it go read it.

This was a sweet second-chance romance. The heroine is a gutsy survivor who overcame a terrible childhood and living homeless to become a professional dog trainer. The hero is a bit off-putting at first because he can’t seem to get over himself and the bitterness he feels from Rebel, the heroine, having left him with no explanation when they were just 18. Now he’s a successful money manager who has come home to his family’s island resort to help them pull it together after it had declined. He loves his family, but he’s always planning to leave.

What brings them all together is a wonderful opportunity to match service dogs with wounded veterans. That part of the story is just lovely and I would have liked more of that instead of repeated scenes of Rebel and Elliot trying to resist their attraction to each other.

After complications with the training program, it will all work out just as their romance will survive complications to work out.

I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book that I received from Netgalley; however, the opinions are my own and I did not receive any compensation for my review.

Dare Me Again is a fast paced, fun romantic read that is sure to have you looking for the next book in the Angel Fire Falls series. Elliot and Rebel have a romantic past that took a sudden turn years before. Now Elliot must deal with Rebel's return to his home town. They both share tragic pasts and they both have a lot hanging on the success of the next few weeks. Can they find happiness together again without losing sight of their goals?
Don't miss this "read it in a day" book!

I've never read anything by this author so I was pleasantly surprised when I began reading this book and immediately became immersed in the storyline and the characters of Angel Fire Falls. Although this book can be read as a standalone (because I didn't read the first book), I'm going to purchase Dare Me Once because I enjoyed this one so much. The characters were well written and well developed and realistic as was the plot which is sometimes absent in contemporary romance. I especially appreciated the attention this book gives to veterans and how service/therapy dogs can give them a better quality of life. Elliott and Rebel have some intense chemistry as well! A beautifully written story that is well worth the read! I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC for NetGalley.

So this is how a heart breaks. With the best of intentions. Dare Me Again is the perfect example of why Shelly Alexander is one of my favorite authors. She's not afraid to look beyond the fantasy and magnify the heartache of reality. Elliott and Rebel's biggest flaw is that they are afraid to human. Not sure how to be vulnerable and prone to make mistakes. Those are emotions we all can relate to. Between the lines of despair exist a message of survival that is courageously captivating. We all have secrets that are painful, but the key to healing is allowing others in to help us weather the storm.

A lovely, feel good romance. Easy reading, awesome writing and well developed characters. I can't wait to read from this author.

I was lucky enough to read the first instalment of the Remington brothers and I adored the book so I was delighted to be approved for the 2nd book and I wasn't disappointed.
I fell in love with the characters straight away and read the book in just one evening. The story was very well thought through and the characters believable and well rounded.
I can't wait for the next book!!!

This is book 2 of the Angel Fire Falls series and it can be read as a stand alone but the first book is great and I recommend that one as well! This one is about middle brother Elliott Remington and Rebel Tate. Elliot has been back home helping his family turn around their resort but he hasn't told anyone that he isn't planning to stay. It has always been his plan to go back to his job and life on the west coast. Now he has been pushed into coordinating a dog boot camp for veterans to get service animals, not knowing that his ex would be the trainer involved. The ex he hasn't seen in over 10 years after she left him a note telling him she was leaving. Rebel knew she did what she had to do in order for Elliot to have the life he had dreamed of. Now she is working towards having her own dream, she just didn't realize that it would put her directly in his path again. Or that the flame that had been between them as teenagers would burn just as strongly as adults. But they both have to work through things from their pasts in order to move on into the future. And figure out whether the risk is worth the potential for heartache.

As much as I loved the first one, I think I loved this one even more!! As the daughter of an alcoholic-I can identify with every single thing Rebel had to feel growing up! And knowing the heartache she put herself through is entirely accurate made this book just resonate with me. I loved her and how strong of a person she really is in order to move on from her childhood and make a better life for herself! To have that strength of character is awe inspiring. And Elliot may seem like a jerk at the beginning but when you realize how much he was truly hurt by not only the circumstances of their break up but by things that happened in his own childhood-you can't help but be understanding and fall in love with him as well. I love the fact that they both stick up for each other even when they can be arguing and not getting along. It shows just how much they truly care about each other and have each other's back no matter what may be happening to them personally. I loved every minute of it! Now I am sitting over thinking, how long do I have to wait for Spence's story and Charlie's!! I need one for their cousin as well!

Elliott Remington, the middle of three brothers, affectionately referred to as Thing One by his older brother, Trace. The resort is run by the brothers, and just received a lucrative contract for a dog boot camp, that will pair service dogs with veterans. The sponsor wants a family member to be involved. Elliott is the only one available, but doesn't want no part in working with the trainer. Elliott's brothers dare him to take the leadership role and work with the dog trainer. A dog trainer, who will step out of his past, and make Elliott rethink the dare while pulling up images of: Old wrinkly guys in Speedos!

Rebel Tate, left Angel Fire Falls in a rush with her alcoholic mother to Portland. Believing she was doing what was best for everyone, she left Elliott a Dear John letter to be handed to him. She's now heading back to the place she ran from. The contract, she was hired to fulfill will give her a chance to fill her dream, just as long as she keeps telling herself: Payday and remembering not to call her dog by his real name.

This is an enjoyable read with amusing laugh out loud moments! After reading the first book in the series, I couldn't wait to read this! I love how this book brings attention to veterans and how service dogs can be so beneficial to them.

I received a free ARC through NetGalley via the author in exchange for my honest review.