Macayla Burkett is a pet detective, amongst other things she finds lost or stolen pets as part of a PI business. It wasn't always that way, she worked for child services until an incident caused her to reassess her priorities. As the book starts Mac witnesses a violent altercation whilst searching from some missing greyhounds.

Oliver Kelly is an Australian, he is co-owner of BARKS, a K-9 Search and Rescue business, with Kye McGarren (the male lead in [book:Rival Forces|26114614]). He is in Florida to speak at an SAR seminar. Running along the beach with his K-9 partner Jackeroo early one morning he sees what he thinks is a homeless woman dumpster diving for food. Of course it isn't a homeless woman, it's Mac trying to coax a Pomeranian out from under the dumpster. Soon Oliver is helping Mac get the Pom, chase off two thugs who attack her car with baseball bats, and strong-arm her obnoxious neighbour -all before lunch!

This book has a slow build up, at first I thought maybe this was less about the dog or the plot and more about the slow burn romance. Both Mac and Oliver feel undeserving of love and have feelings of inadequacy. Mac in particular fears getting close to anyone again.

But then, just over halfway, BOOM! Everything kicks off and all the little clues that have been inserted into the plot start to pull together. I thought I had sussed the guilty party and the reason for the crime early on but it turns out I was more wrong that right - so that's nice, I always feel let down if I guess the plot.

So if your idea of a hero is an Australian Adonis with a man-bun (who could double for a stripper), who loves dogs and rescues people for a living, look no further.

I get the impression this might be the last of the K-9 rescue series (I could be wrong). If so, it was a good note to end on. D.D. Ayres gave us a bombshell of a have-a-go heroine who also loves dogs.

Makayla and Oliver, and of course Jackaroo the dog, make a great couple. I really liked this one, and the mystery surrounding her accusations. Still not sure about her boss though, or maybe just reading too much into her protest about her "best customer". Fast paced and fun read. Great summer read, that goes from Florida to Hawaii. Highly recommend this book. I haven't read a bad one by this author yet.

I feel terrible about this, because I love DD Ayres. I mean it- I love everything I've ever read...until now. To the author, should you read this, I'm sorry.

Don't get me wrong, this is a very well-written story, just like all the others. It's just the character's job is kind of silly, and it's so silly that it's a distraction. Pet Dectective. Really? It's not for light hearted fun; the reader is supposed to take this seriously. And I can't. I figure now I'm going to be labeled an animal hater or something worse, and truly I'm not. I like animals and I feel bad when one is lost. But a whole character built around this just doesn't float my boat.

Even if I could have got past that, there were too many little things that I think were supposed to be cute but instead induced eye-rolling. And I hate that, too, because it's never happened with an Ayres book.

I'm going to just say this wasn't my cup of tea and hope that the books return to the greatness of before "Physical Forces."

I wish more attention would have been given to Oliver and Macayla. The majority of the book was Macayla and her job, or her being set up for a crime she didn't commit.

Loved! Another winner in the K-9 Rescue series! This book introduces us to Macayla, a pet detective who has run away from her life and barely getting by finding lost pets. Oliver finds her scrounging around a dumpster and immediately jumps to the wrong conclusion and offers to buy her breakfast. She thinks he's a stripper and isn't interested. Instant and totally wrong impressions lead to some interesting and entertaining interplays between them.

Oliver is actually a partner in BARKS, a canine search and rescue company. Macayla is actually a social worker with a much lauded history.....until it's used against her. Oliver tries to help her and ends up in the thick of things.

This is a wonderful book that fans of the genre will love. I particularly enjoyed the insight into SAR dogs and the bond between handler and dog. This in another winner in a series of winners. While it is part o f a series, it is a stand alone novel - however, it's so good that you really owe it to yourself to read them all. The author is on my must read authors' list.