Paws and Prejudice (Hearts of Alaska #2)
by Alanna Martin
Blurb:
It's up to a trio of adorable rescue huskies to make two lonely hearts in a coastal Alaskan town realize
Glaciers have
nothing on Kelsey Porter when she decides to freeze someone out. After getting
burned once, she's not about to let it happen again. And right now all that icy
contempt is focused on one annoyingly attractive and entitled interloper: Ian
Roth. Not only is he looking to take advantage of her quaint, coastal
community, tainting the small-town charm of Helen, Alaska, but he has committed
the one crime she can never forgive—he doesn't like her dogs.
Unlike what
Kelsey believes, Ian loves Helen's charms as much as she does. That's partly
why he's determined to open a brewery there, and he's not about to let anything
or anyone stop his dream from coming true. But he didn't count on the
beautiful, prickly woman getting under his skin. Or having to be within
hand-biting proximity of her three huge huskies.
When Kelsey's
family conscripts her into helping Ian get his brewery off the ground, she
finds herself caught between a rock and a hard . . . muscular . . . man who has
a fear of dogs. But the longer they work together, the more she can feel
herself begin to thaw. Now she'll have to choose: let sleeping dogs lie to
protect her heart, or mush head-on toward love.
Themes: Contemporary
Rating: 4 stars
Heat Rating: 
Review:
This
story about two people that are very different but that come together in a
spark and flash is one that was interesting and enjoyable from beginning to end
even during tearful moments. I was
looking forward to this story at the end of book one for sure when we saw hints
that the story between Ian and Kelsey would be much more complicated than just a simple meet and insta-love. Set in small town
Alaska, where a long-standing family feud has the split down the middle between
the families, this series just keeps getting more and more interesting. Kelsey is the only girl on the Porter side of
the family this generation and seems to be the family hope for keeping the feud
and the family legacy going, but she has a very different plan for her
future. Keeping secrets from her family
is second nature to Kelsey, but when she is conscripted by her father to assist
the new brewery owner with publicity for the opening of his business she begins
to doubt why she really is hiding. Ian
moved to this small town in Alaska, as far from his family as possible in the
continental US, in order to make a fresh start and prove himself, but things
are not shaping up like planned. The
brewery is having issue after issue that threatens their success and when
Kelsey comes into his life he just assumes she’ll be another problem, but soon
they are spending time together and becoming friends. As she helps him to get over his fear of dogs
and he helps her accept that she has no reason to hide, their feelings for one
another son become much more than just friends and confidants. But the hard-earned trust of a woman like
Kelsey is easily lost, and when Ian begins to doubt himself it might be too
much for either of them. I enjoyed
getting to know more about Kelsey and learn that despite her VERY hard shell
she is really just a sweet and fluffy marshmallow inside. Her love of her dogs and family doesn’t stop
there and when she finally gives her trust her love is not something to sneeze
at for sure. For those she loves she
will give all of herself to make sure that they have everything they need and
want, even at her own expense. I want to
be Kelsey when I grow up. Ian definitely has a lot of issue, not even
accounting his fear of dogs (so sad), but the biggest one was his lack of
confidence in himself and his abilities.
I liked him overall, especially the fact that he could bake, seemed so
devoted to his friends and family, and so wanted to find his place in his new
community. But despite him never realizing it, what he really needed all along
was Kelsey to even him out and give him the confidence to just be himself and
he would succeed. The passion between these
two sparked from the beginning, though for a while it was just intense
antagonism, but as their friendship blossomed that heat definitely turned a lot
more friendly and interesting. I am
looking forward to the next story (last one?) in the series for sure where the Porter
and Lipin feud will definitely come to a fiery crescendo in Love and
Let Bark. Just to say the huskies that are so prevalent in this little
town, and especially the Porter family, are definitely and important part of
this story too and great character to get to know too. Another sweet and loving Alaskan adventure
from a fun author to enjoy in the heat of summer.
*ebook provided by publisher (via
NetGalley) for the purpose of an honest and unbiased review. No compensation was provided.
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