I wanted to like this romance more than I did. There are adorable rescue dogs and lots of cute scenes at the dog park. There is a good-hearted heroine and a hunky former Marine hero. It’s a second-chance romance and I enjoy those. But the story was just too slow for me. It was clear that what they needed to do was sit down and talk honestly with each other, but neither was willing to open up to the other until it was almost too late. I just kept feeling exasperated with the both of them and that took away from my enjoyment of the book.

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.

Paws for Love by Mara Wells is the 3rd book in her Fur Haven Dog Park series. Fur Haven Park and the Dorothy apartment complex is where the Donovan Brothers are fixing up both places. In the first two books, two of the brothers found their mates, and in Paws for Love, the third brother Knox is our hero.

Knox, was set in his decision to stay in the military as a career, but a serious injury to his leg causes him to be discharged. He has a hard time dealing with this injury, but works hard with his brothers to fix up the project they are working on. Knox, has been away a long time, and when he sees the girl whom he left years ago, memories and regrets flood back.

We meet Danielle Morrow, our heroine, at the start, with her helping save a dog in her veterinarian father’s animal hospital. Danielle helps rescue greyhound racing dogs, to help find forever homes for them, as she is an adoption coordinator for Homestretch; she has two dogs of her own (Luna & Flurry), which were foster fails. Danielle is friends with the wives of the two Donovan Brothers, and is a regular at Fur Haven Park, where she brings the dogs. She happens to see Knox, and tries to avoid him, since she has not forgotten that he walked away from her all those years ago.

When Danielle rescues another greyhound, whom she names, Sarge, she takes him home to help rehabilitate him. The dog has a leg issue, and when he sees Knox, Sarge has found his master; but will Knox allow himself to open up to the dog. Danielle and Knox decide to help with Sarge, and agree to be friends. Knox knows he still cares for Danielle, but realizes there is no future, and in a short time their friendship escalates to friends with benefits; with Danielle knowing that he will leave when the project is over. Will they have a second chance to fall in love again, after 15 years? You will have to read this book to find out.

What follows is a cute, fun, heartwarming, enjoyable adventure, as their romance heats up, but the issues were still there. The best part of this book and series, are the wonderful dogs that play a large part of this story. Such sweet fun. It was also wonderful to see Riley, Caleb, Lance, Carrie, Grams again, and I loved the friendship between Sydney and Danielle, as well as the dogs. I loved Danielle, who was a great heroine (the ladies of all three books have been wonderful), and understood her hesitation to allow herself to be hurt again, when Knox would leave. I did like Knox, but thought his determination to leave again was annoying, but later he does come through.

Paws for Love was a heartwarming story about family, second chances, friendships, dogs, dog parks and finding love again. Mara Wells did an excellent job in writing this story. I suggest you read Paws for Love, or start this series with the first book.

OMG I LOVED THIS BOOK!!
Typically I don't like the second chances story BUT OMG the dogs give me lifee!!! I love the similarities between Sarge and the hero and how it was written the connection between the two of them I also love the couple and the ending or problem between both of them was so real that it gave me perspective about love life and adulthood!

This could have been a cute story, but the main characters complete and total inability to communicate with each other just got more and more frustrating. I really wanted to like it, but instead found myself pushing through to get it out of the way.

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A really sweet tale, some fun characters, a wonderful message about rehabilitation (human and non) and about never giving up on yourself.

A wounded warrior gets a second chance with his high school sweetheart in “Paws for Love”, by Mara Wells (Sourcebooks Casablanca), a story populated with lots of dogs and full of canine love.
Knox and Danielle are easy to relate to, the wounded Marine stubbornly trying to rehabilitate his leg and return to service and the dog lover whose life is commanded by rehabilitating retired racing greyhounds and help them find new homes.
Their connection is both sweet and intense, and the friendship and family relationships are strong and supportive.
A lot of the story has to do with the canine characters, lovable and sweet, but it takes away from the romance and at times it feels just too much (although dog lovers might love it) and I struggled to keep interested.

I really enjoyed this book it was an easy read. It’s about a second chance romance that came back around once they did some growing up. I love how Knox and Danielle interacted and the cute but sometimes awkwardness they had.

* I received this boot form Net Galley for a honest reviews

Paws for Love is a sweet, emotional tale (tail? haha, ugh) about former lovers finding their way back to each other after fifteen years. Also, dogs! It is the third in a series, and it stands alone just fine, though reading the other novels might help give you a better appreciation for some of the supporting characters. I really liked this story and I really want to give it five stars, but there were a few parts that left me a little unsatisfied.

Danielle and Knox were unlikely high school sweethearts (quiet nerd with hot jock? does that ever happen in real life?) until Knox broke Danielle’s heart by abruptly leaving her for the military shortly after graduation. A small number of flashbacks help us see what happened; I'm not usually a fan of the flashback, but the ones in this book are done really well. Anyway, although the author does a good job explaining why Knox left, and although Knox jumps through hoops trying to make it up to Danielle, I still had trouble fully forgiving him for being such a colossal jerk. After Knox left, Things Happened to Danielle to make her very wary of getting back together with Knox, but I won’t go into them in a review because (a) it would be mildly spoilerish, and (b) this isn’t a book report.

In spite of Knox’s former colossal jerkage, I really liked him as a hero. The mistakes he made were pretty normal, and I had to keep reminding myself that he was 18 at the time. He also spends most of the present-day part of the novel trying to make it up to her. Danielle is also a very likable character. She lost her way for sure, and it was much easier for me to feel compassion for her than for Knox. I loved the scenes where she was capably handling animals, and I especially liked that greyhounds and veterinary medicine were her thing. I do wish there had been an epilogue to give us closure on that element of her life.

My main criticism in the novel is that Danielle's Big Secret isn't really a secret to the reader; though we aren't explicitly told what happened, we can easily guess, but we don't officially find out until the end of the book. There's way too much I'll-tell-him-after-dinner-okay-tomorrow-okay-let's-go-to-bed-instead, and I'm not fully convinced that there was enough backstory to justify Danielle keeping her Big Secret such a secret for so long. A secondary criticism is that I really feel like Danielle needed to get angrier. Not throughout the novel, but I needed her to verbally smack Knox in some kind of final showdown; there's one point where he lashes out at her, accusing her of not being a fighter, and to me, that's when she should have come clean about how much of a fighter she had to be after he left her. She starts to get angry, then backs off. Meh, gurl.

All that aside, it's really a good story. I read the first book in the series a few months ago and liked it, but I missed book 2. I'm looking forward to catching up with Lance and Carrie's story, and I'm also hopeful there will be more in the series (Sydney? Adam?).

I received an ARC of this novel from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for my honest review. Thanks!

Dani and Knox have a history, and 15 years later they meet up again. She runs a greyhound dog rescue, and he is recovering after a IUD attack. Working with his brothers puts in back into the area, and the sparks still fly between them. I did enjoy this book, and found it hard to put down. Only a couple of issues: the interference of her dad's girlfriend (I would have been upset much longer) and his mother (her interference was never really confronted). Overall, not major issues, but were brought up and expected something from both issues more. Fun times at the dog park, and the dog interaction is wonderful. Highly recommend this book and author.

Thanks to NetGalley for a arc copy for a honest review.

I recommend Paw’s For Love... It’s about second chances and it has dogs this was such a cute read. Happy give it 4 star’s


Happy Reading
Lisa

I wanted to love this book, I really did... But I just couldn't.
I don't know why. I love the characters, love the dogs, love the second chance love. But I just couldn't fully enjoy this book for some reason.
I don't love expiration date that they give to their relationship. And all that things that are not said. And said in 98% of this book.
I knew that something happened...and it was big thing... I think it this deserve more than one page....

All in all 3.5 stars

This is a heartwarming story about love, animals and second chances. I loved these two characters she tried protecting her heart from the only person she's ever loved and he's thinking he's not as good since he came home with an injured leg. This is my first book by this author and it was worth the chance! Highly recommend.

Another fab book in this series, Knox was just lovely and his story was heartbreaking but out of the 3 brothers he’s my favourite

Danielle is a vet and works with a rescue group for injured dogs. I liked some of the descriptions of the dogs care. Knox use to be a marine and is going to be a best man. He runs back into his ex danielle. I like the names knox and Riley. I liked the dialogue and descriptions. I loved the characters. I liked reading about knoxs physical therapy. I thought the pacing was good. I was glad knox got a house and a dog. Great quick paced story.