Elliot is back in his hometown of Angel Fire Falls, taking a break from his high-flying partnership of financial management in San Francisco. He's not really here to stay, but he needs to get this project done first: a service-dog boot camp for veterans at his family resort. There's only one problem: the head dog trainer is Rebel, the girl who ran away from him 10 years ago. // Rebel left with her mom to get her to treatment, after one night that something horrible may have happened. Illness eventually claimed her mom, but Rebel survived, and became a dog whisperer, able to train dogs into service animals. She ran from Elliot because she knew she will only drag him down. Now that she's back, there is nowhere else to run... // Elliot and Rebel came together, and there's both pain and love between them. But with her future on the line, she must keep the camp the highest priority... Dare she risk it all on Elliot's support? Or will her secret and generosity be the ruin of everything? Elliot isn't staying, right?
Good layering of different types of guilt. Elliot has about his family obligations, his feelings toward Rebel, and by extension, his obligation toward the camp. Rebel has guilt about something her mother may or may not have done, about her feelings toward Elliot and her "betrayal" when she ran, and obligation about making the camp a success despite problems (like no individual trainers, as well as no vaccination records about the dogs). And the ending was a masterful twist from the darkest hour. Very satisfying read (and if you have KU, you get the audiobook too!)
Category: Contemporary
Overall Rating: 5/5
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