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It Happened at the Park
Practical city planner, Cassidy Grant, just inherited her sister's beloved dogs. Except she's a career girl into heels and matching accessories, she's not a dog mom. Worse, she's required to take the furry darlings to the dog park. Jilted, Ethan Sheppard finally got a dog. And he loves their bonding trips to the dog park. He's also the secret cartoonist whose drawings poke fun at the city leadership. After they meet, Ethan learns Cassidy's going to be fired if she can't identify the cartoonist, but telling her will cost his job.
118 pages, Paperback
Published June 9, 2017
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January 11, 2018
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IT HAPPENED AT THE PARK by Ryan Jo Summers is a contemporary romance that gives all your emotions a workout. The workaholic heroine inherits her deceased sister’s dogs. The hero prefers his dog and laidback lifestyle over women at this point in his life for a good reason. Adorable dogs, grief, secrets and a witty love story all come together in this realistic romance.
Cassidy Grant is always the consummate professional. A workaholic city planner who is structured, career-oriented and polished. When Cassidy’s sister dies, Cassidy inherits her two dogs, Tessa and Remi. Her world is thrown into turmoil, not just by the doggie invasion, but also the realization that her loving younger sister is gone and she feels guilty for not spending more time with her.
Ethan Sheppard and his best friend, Jake run in to Cassidy at the dog park. Cassidy realizes this easy-going, handsome guy knows how to handle dogs and makes an offer to Ethan for help learning about her new charges. Ethan is intrigued that this woman is the first to interest him since his ex and agrees to help.
Their feelings grow, but their careers may stop this romance before it begins. Cassidy is told by her boss in the city planners office that she has to uncover the secret identity of the newspaper cartoonist, The Salty Kid, who keeps lampooning the mayor and could jeopardize his reelection. The Salty Kid is closer than Cassidy can imagine and has to make a choice between the girl or his career.
The H/h are very realistic. Both have to go through some very tough soul searching. I had a little trouble with how Cassidy could lose her career over not finding out who The Salty Kid was and her devotion to a mayor who seemed very dictatorial, but the author made it work out in the end. The dogs were all great secondary characters that I loved. This is a sweet and smart contemporary romance with no sex scenes.
Reviewed for and posted first on The Romance Reviews.
IT HAPPENED AT THE PARK by Ryan Jo Summers is a contemporary romance that gives all your emotions a workout. The workaholic heroine inherits her deceased sister’s dogs. The hero prefers his dog and laidback lifestyle over women at this point in his life for a good reason. Adorable dogs, grief, secrets and a witty love story all come together in this realistic romance.
Cassidy Grant is always the consummate professional. A workaholic city planner who is structured, career-oriented and polished. When Cassidy’s sister dies, Cassidy inherits her two dogs, Tessa and Remi. Her world is thrown into turmoil, not just by the doggie invasion, but also the realization that her loving younger sister is gone and she feels guilty for not spending more time with her.
Ethan Sheppard and his best friend, Jake run in to Cassidy at the dog park. Cassidy realizes this easy-going, handsome guy knows how to handle dogs and makes an offer to Ethan for help learning about her new charges. Ethan is intrigued that this woman is the first to interest him since his ex and agrees to help.
Their feelings grow, but their careers may stop this romance before it begins. Cassidy is told by her boss in the city planners office that she has to uncover the secret identity of the newspaper cartoonist, The Salty Kid, who keeps lampooning the mayor and could jeopardize his reelection. The Salty Kid is closer than Cassidy can imagine and has to make a choice between the girl or his career.
The H/h are very realistic. Both have to go through some very tough soul searching. I had a little trouble with how Cassidy could lose her career over not finding out who The Salty Kid was and her devotion to a mayor who seemed very dictatorial, but the author made it work out in the end. The dogs were all great secondary characters that I loved. This is a sweet and smart contemporary romance with no sex scenes.
Reviewed for and posted first on The Romance Reviews.
June 29, 2017
This book warmed my soul
I’m a shoe in for a well written book with an admirable heroine, dogs & a fabulous guy to love.
This makes me want to wake up my 18-year-old deaf dog and hug her…only I might terrify her.
The characters were delightful. And while the premise might seem shaky to some, honestly mayors, governors, and presidents have proven all too often to be vindictive tyrants when their thin skins are pricked, so the premise works.
I didn’t see how this was ending was going to be an HEA, but Ryan Jo Summers cleverly devised a way. Still she might have failed had she not made Ethan so wonderful and caring.
I admit one scene with the wall comments made me cry like a baby. That’s when I realized how deeply I had fallen into the story.
I’m a shoe in for a well written book with an admirable heroine, dogs & a fabulous guy to love.
This makes me want to wake up my 18-year-old deaf dog and hug her…only I might terrify her.
The characters were delightful. And while the premise might seem shaky to some, honestly mayors, governors, and presidents have proven all too often to be vindictive tyrants when their thin skins are pricked, so the premise works.
I didn’t see how this was ending was going to be an HEA, but Ryan Jo Summers cleverly devised a way. Still she might have failed had she not made Ethan so wonderful and caring.
I admit one scene with the wall comments made me cry like a baby. That’s when I realized how deeply I had fallen into the story.
February 2, 2018
"It Happened at the Park" is a contemporary boy-meets-girl with doggie love all over it.
Read full review in the 2018 February issue of InD'tale Magazine.
Read full review in the 2018 February issue of InD'tale Magazine.
June 22, 2017
Cassidy Grant's sister has just died and left her in charge of her two dogs, Tessa and Remi. Cassidy has no clue on what to do with the two dogs and is pretty sure that her sister treated them more like babies than actual pets.
Cassidy works long hours for the Mayor, I.R. King, as a planner and her current job is to locate the cartoonist, Salty Kidd, who is negatively affecting King's attempts at getting re-elected.
When Cassidy meets Ethan Sheppard at the dog park she is hoping her chances at romance may actually be on the rise. He is smart, great with dogs and extremely good looking. When Cassidy learns that Ethan works at the Gazette she is hoping that he may lead her to the cartoonist they are after before she loses her job over it.
Now Ethan is faced with his own dilemma - lose the secret identity or lose the girl.
I enjoyed this book but at times found it a little slow moving. There was a large emphasis on the dogs which I can understand but for me personally it didn't hold much of an interest when she mentions painting the dogs nails.
I liked Cassidy Grant but didn't like that she seemed to only have the mayor in a certain light and never saw anything wrong with the things that he did, which did bother me. It wasn't until the very end of the book that she finally stuck up for herself and it blew my mind that her own job was at risk for finding out who the cartoonist was.
I liked how Cassidy and Grant came together. They definitely had some laughs while they were at the dog park. Grant was extremely helpful with the dogs and taught/showed Cassidy what they were capable of doing.
I really liked Grant and I was mad that he put his own job on the line so that nothing would happen to Cassidy. I wasn't very happy with that as it truly wasn't fair that Cassidy was put in that position in the first place and that Grant gave up his own dreams for her.
I know love wins but there was definitely a lot of sacrifice!!
Cassidy works long hours for the Mayor, I.R. King, as a planner and her current job is to locate the cartoonist, Salty Kidd, who is negatively affecting King's attempts at getting re-elected.
When Cassidy meets Ethan Sheppard at the dog park she is hoping her chances at romance may actually be on the rise. He is smart, great with dogs and extremely good looking. When Cassidy learns that Ethan works at the Gazette she is hoping that he may lead her to the cartoonist they are after before she loses her job over it.
Now Ethan is faced with his own dilemma - lose the secret identity or lose the girl.
I enjoyed this book but at times found it a little slow moving. There was a large emphasis on the dogs which I can understand but for me personally it didn't hold much of an interest when she mentions painting the dogs nails.
I liked Cassidy Grant but didn't like that she seemed to only have the mayor in a certain light and never saw anything wrong with the things that he did, which did bother me. It wasn't until the very end of the book that she finally stuck up for herself and it blew my mind that her own job was at risk for finding out who the cartoonist was.
I liked how Cassidy and Grant came together. They definitely had some laughs while they were at the dog park. Grant was extremely helpful with the dogs and taught/showed Cassidy what they were capable of doing.
I really liked Grant and I was mad that he put his own job on the line so that nothing would happen to Cassidy. I wasn't very happy with that as it truly wasn't fair that Cassidy was put in that position in the first place and that Grant gave up his own dreams for her.
I know love wins but there was definitely a lot of sacrifice!!
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