Had high expectations for this book. But sadly it didnt live up to them. It was a sweet book but just nothing big to really capture my interest unfortuantely

Summer Rose, by Elizabeth Sinclair is a interesting contemporary romance book, which features small-town dramas, hidden pregnancy secrets, and adorable animals.

Dr. Hunter Mackenzie is the veterinarian at Paws and Claws Animal Clinic and Wildlife Sanctuary in the little town of Carson, West Virginia. When his assistant quits, Hunter hires Rose Hamilton, who has more experience as a nurse dealing with human patients. Rose is desperate for a job and is determined to succeed at her new position dealing with animal patients.

However, Rose is hiding several secrets, including the fact that she's almost three months pregnant with twins. As the story unfolds, Hunter and Rose deal with their attraction to each other, as well as Hunter's past causing him to not be interested in a read-made family.

Meanwhile, Hunter is constantly dealing with the mayor of Carson trying to shut down the animal sanctuary, despite the mayor's younger son loving the animals and working part-time at the sanctuary.

Since it's the second book in the Hawks Mountain series, it's recommended to start with the first book with the same title as the books series, Hawks Mountain, yet it's not necessary to read the books in order.

Summer Rose is an enthralling story with captivating characters. It's geared towards women readers, particularly those who enjoy reading contemporary romances.


Note: I received this book from NetGalley, which is a program designed for bloggers to write book reviews in exchange for books, yet the opinions expressed in this review are my own.

Princess Fuzzypants: here:
When Rose signs on to work with Hunter at his vet clinic and wildlife sanctauary, all she is looking for is a job that will provide an income and benefits for her and the twins she is carrying as a surrogate mother. She had not expected the twins to be her concern past their birth but when her best friend, their mother and their father die in a car accident, she is left to bear and raise them on her own.
She quickly adapts to her new job becoming irreplacable both in the clinic and the good doctor's heart.
However Hunter who raised his two younger siblings after the death of their parents has sworn off relationships and children. All his fatherly love goes toward animals who need him like a lion cub or a wolf who adopts a young boy as her best friend. Complicating matters is the boy's father who wants to do nothing but shut the sanctuary down and will resort to any underhanded tricks to get his way.
Add in a clinic cat named Pansy who has a romance with a tom who is staying at the clinic plus a few other romances and it is a heady brew for the lovers of romance and animals. It was charming even though I am not a great fan of romance novels.
I give it four purrs and two paws up.

There were more positives than negatives which is always a good thing when you come out the end of a book and know your time was well spent.

This is just a sweet romance which will allow you to kill some time in an entertaining way. Since it is storm season, at least where I’m at, and the power keeps going out it’s always useful to have a decent book around to help you ignore the storm or your inability to binge watch Netflix.

This is the second in a series and although characters from the first pop up a bit in here it’s not overly necessary to have read the first to appreciate this. You may want to just to have that background but it won’t take away your enjoyment of this one.

I liked all of the interesting animal facts sprinkled in which was a necessity since one of the main characters is a Vet. If you’re an animal lover you should enjoy the cool tidbits sprinkled throughout about wild life.

The pace isn’t bad, the characters are fairly decent even tinged with a bit of complexity you don’t normally find in a romance genre novel. There were no graphic XXX scenes because the author put a good amount of effort into her story line and content. The plot even seemed realistic so it wasn’t a soap opera romance.

The only negatives I found were that it did have some predictability in that you could figure out easily, especially early on, how this book would end and that it stuck to the prototypical formula of the main characters having to overcome some kind of obstacle in order to discover love. But if you’re looking for a book that will keep you from being bored and don’t need something to give you a life lesson or provide cheap thrills then this is your go to novel hands down. The positives still outweigh any contrite issues.

Cute beginning!

Talk about first impressions.

Why does she feel she needs to lie?

Poor Davy. The mayor sounds like a douche in all aspects of his life.

That witch! Crickets eat clothes? Really? Even if that's true, buy her a container to put it in. Don't kill the thing right in front of her!

Of course he would know Beth's old house.

Jesus, you're giving me a heart attack, Davy! That wolf is wild.

Good girl, Sadie.

Haha! Just call her the Cat Matchmaker.

He's been a butt. She doesn't know anyone else, except Davy and now the Sheriff. The least he could have done was be friendly.

So this idiot has no problem manhandling his own son, but thinks he's in danger from baby animals? Father of the Year. I'd call Davy's mother so fast...

Sometimes the simplest solutions elude us.

Davy's just too cute. You're a moron, George.

Animals can sense fear. Rosebud was just being an animal.

Good job, Kenny. That was a long time coming.

He doesn't seem to realize that he was essentially a single father to two teenagers overnight. Rose would be there this time.

George has a small dick. Just a guess.

What made them think a domesticated wolf would suddenly go back to living in the wild?