I love this whole series. I love the way each book builds off of each other and how we get to know more and more about these families and the feud. I love the huskies and adore the writing. This story will keep you warm in the winter!!

I listened to the audiobook version of Love and Let Bark and would highly recommend it! It’s the perfect light, cozy romance. I listened to it while working and it completely lifted my mood and left me feeling warm and cozy. I loved returning to Helen, Alaska and meeting Lydia and Nate and Nate’s husky puppies!

I've loved the first two books in this series and this one did not disappoint. So happy Lydia got her own story! So much to love about this book - huskies, Nate the firefighter, Alaska setting, the family feud between the Porters and Lipkins that is (finally) beginning to thaw. I wish there were more books in this series because sitting down with them is like having a delicious hot meal inside with a cozy fire when it is freezing outside. Love love love!

I'm such a fan of these series and the third book did not disappoint. An interesting take on second chance romance, I highly enjoyed Nate and Lydia's story and how it progressed. Don't let the huskies on the cover fool you, Love and Let Bark brings the steam!

I only hope this isn't our last trip to Helen, Alaska!

Huskies and Alaska? Yes please!!! I loved Love and Let Bark by Alanna Martin. It was great returning back to this series, and I can't wait for future books. I love the family drama angle in this book. Definitely Romeo and Juliet vibes. And a second chance romance is always a winner.

When Nate Porter left Helen, Alaska, to become a firefighter with the Forest Service, he claimed it was because he craved adventure. The truth was, he couldn't stand to hang around, pining for a girl the town's century-old feud meant he could never have. But Nate got over Lydia Lipin years ago, or so he thought until he learns that an old rival has come sniffing around. The solution—a trip home with his rescue puppies to prove to himself he completely extinguished that old flame.

Lydia Lipin has always been satisfied being the "good" Lipin daughter—dutiful, practical, and always putting others before herself. But that role begins to chafe as Nate's return ignites old memories. No one in town knew about their secret friendship or those forbidden kisses they stole the summer after graduation. Suddenly, Nate and his puppies are everywhere, and sparks are flying.

When Nate realizes he never got over Lydia, he'll risk everything for a second chance. But Lydia's not a risk-taker, and she has to make a choice—play it safe and pretend their summer fling was just puppy love, or step out of the family shadow and unleash her heart.

Love and Let Bark is a steamy second chance romance with heart! It’s also a small town romance–which I love–and a Romeo & Juliet/Hatfields & McCoys-type ill-fated romance… or is it?

When Nate and Lydia were younger, they had to keep their love a secret. Now that they’re adults, it’s difficult to pick up where they left off because the entire town of Helen has taken a side in the Porter/Lipin feud.

Nate and Lydia have great chemistry together, I really enjoyed reading their story. I especially loved all the doggies! Nate is a super swoony hero that I equally wanted to pet and/or brain because he’s so stubborn! Lydia is secretly a gifted artist and I enjoyed watching her character grow a backbone and stand up to her family, her community and the overbearing males in her path! Very sad that this is the conclusion of the series. *Secretly hoping for more*

Dogs basically parent-trapping their owners (well, as much as they can) is all the rage in romance recently, and I'm not complaining!

I live for second chance romances, and Love and Let Bark doesn't disappoint - Lydia and Nate discover that the old attraction between them is still there, and I loved seeing them make their relationship work this time around.

Overall a lighthearted and entertaining read, this book definitely made me smile!

A very satisfying closure to the series.
I can't believe the love stories filled with lots of Huskies have come to an end. I was fortunate to read all 3 books in the sequence so I could get the most out of the series endbook.

Nate is a firefighter- risktaking is his game. While Lydia is the peacemaker- doing her best to avoid confrontations. But she has a hidden atreak of rebelliousness and it was SO satisfying to see her excercise it at the end with her grandma. You go girl!
Nate is a grump usually so the way he bungles up using incomplete sentences was way funny. Poor guy. But he is so sensitive taking his cues from Lydia all through the book it was awwwwww.🥰

I loved the whole Cody thing. Not the man but he brought lot of clarity to Nate's thoughts in a fun way so I enjoyed reading him. The most fun part? Wait till you get to the page where Nate goes to Kelsey for advice 😃

All in all I'm so happy to see the feud was not going to stand in Love's way once again and Nate and Lydia were on their own HEA.
Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC!

I admit I have not read any of the previous books in this series .

I found this one to be repetitive. I did like the characters though.

I was seriously excited to read this book - a true Montague and Capulet style romance (minus the suicide and killings). Nate is the oldest brother in the main branch of the Porter family. He has been MIA from Helen, Alaska for a long time. Trying to find his own way in the world as a firefighter apart from his hometown and the feud that defines it. He's also been avoiding Lydia Lipin. Lydia and Nate had a secret friendship and romance in high school that ended with Lydia running away. Neither could see how they could be together in the face of their families.

Nate and Lydia are so sweet together - and I loved that Nate was really fighting for their relationship - even when neither of them was sure how it could move forward. I also loved that both Lydia and Nate took responsibility for how things happened - they really showed that it takes two to make things work.

Overall- this was a very satisfying read and everything I hoped it would be! You do not have to read the other books in this series to understand anything - but I do think it is worth it to really understand the nature of the feuding families.

I received this as an ARC from NetGalley but these opinions are all my own.

I’ll let out a giant WOOF for Love and Let Bark, Alanna Martin’s third book in the Hearts of Alaska series (but can easily be read as a stand-alone!) In this delightful second chance romance (with an almost love triangle and an ongoing family feud), there are miscommunications and missteps, making the reader ask, ‘what’s in a name?’ Did I mention the sexy firefighter and his adorable puppies? Just make a calendar already! In sum, Lydia and Nate are relatable characters that have to let go of the past to claim the present–if they can.

With the right amount of sweetness and steam, I absolutely adored this book!

I think this one was my favourite of the three in this series - I don't always love second-chance but this one was great!! I really enjoyed Nate and Lydia and the way this story unfolded and I especially loved the puppies, as usual. The setting of these novels is to die for - especially reading about it in the winter, and I can't wait for more from this author someday!!!

This delightful Alaska holiday romance between two people that hid their relationship in high school and discover they aren't over eachother. Their families hate eachother like generations worth of hate and they have to carry on the tradition. But with their siblings engaged they are helping pave the way to some type of truce. (Ugh I don't get rivalry or animosity that carries on but it happens)

Too bad Lydia is the good daughter that does what she's told which unfortunately her handsome high school love interest that isn't related to the enemy shows up in town wealthy, attractive and creates competition for Nate. And just what her family thinks she needs.

Nate who is recovering from a shoulder injury and comes back to town.

I definitely love a second chance romance add in a Romeo and Juliet flair some snow and husky puppies. Oh man I love huskies! 

Thank you berkleyromance and netgalley for the e-ARC for my honest and voluntary review.

Love and Let Bark by Alanna Martin is the third book in her contemporary romance series, Hearts of Alaska. I’m freely going to admit that I was drawn to this book by the adorable husky puppies on the cover and the promise of a snowy Alaskan setting. I didn’t even realize it was part of a series, but thankfully not having read the first two books in the series didn’t hamper my enjoyment of this latest installment at all.

When they were younger, Lydia Lipin and Nate Porter were secretly friends in spite of their families’ century-long feud. They soon developed more than friendly feelings for one another, but frustrated that he would never be able to have Lydia openly in his life because of their families’ dislike for one another, Nate decides he needs to leave town. Years later, Nate comes back to his hometown, and as soon as he sees Lydia again, he realizes that time apart has done nothing to dull his feelings for her.

Lydia has always played the role of the responsible and reliable daughter. She dutifully takes over the family business when it’s time, and she always puts the needs of others above herself, including her sister, who decides she’s in love with and wants to marry a Porter and doesn’t care about the feud. Even though it’s incredibly stressful, Lydia spends much of her time running interference between the two families so as to spare her sister the stress. When she sees Nate again, however, Lydia realizes she still has feelings for him and becomes frustrated with the state of their families and the peacemaking role she has been forced into.

Lydia and Nate were both such sweet, likeable and sympathetic characters. It was so obvious how much they love each other and that they were both heartbroken when it didn’t work out the first time. They were stuck in such a horrible and awkward situation that wasn’t even of their making. I loved that they have the opportunity for a second chance at love and was really rooting for them to just tell off their families and run away together.

The husky puppies were of course adorable little scene stealers and the snowy Alaska setting was the picture perfect background for this delightful, feel-good story. If you’re a fan of second chance romances, I highly recommend Love and Let Bark.

I thought this book was cute, I mean you have dogs with tons of spunk and personalities and you have a cat with a large personality and attitude what's not to laugh at. The feud seems to be through the whole town and having to "meet" was interesting for these characters. I felt like Lydia have big heart and would do anything to make her family and those she cared about happy while putting her self on the back burner. Nate loves his family but they just seem a bit much and he's happy with him and his two dogs. This book does have adult language and content and may not be suitable for all. Overall fun story. I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

LOVE AND LET BARK is the culmination of the HEARTS OF ALASKA series, and I’m sad to see it end. This is the third and final book set in Helen, Alaska with the feuding Lipin and Porter families, lots of rescue dogs and a cat or two, along with love, even if it’s between members of the feuding families.

This is Lydia Lipin and Nate Porter’s story. He lives and works in Washington state but when sidelined with an injury returns to Alaska to be near family to recuperate. Lydia, who has never left Alaska, runs the family’s boutique hotel along with her sister, Taylor, who is also engaged to a Porter—one of Nate’s cousins. We learn of Lydia and Nate’s secret friendship when they were in high school and see how they reconnect many years later. Both Lydia and Nate have a depth to them, and they also have trouble communicating—but never when between the sheets. Members of both families are woven throughout, and the women’s grandmother is always adding fuel to the fire.

The story has a nice flow, and I liked the inclusion of Nate’s rescue dogs, whom he calls the monsters but in a loving and caring way. They are sibling puppies and are always full of energy. They take to Lydia immediately and she to them even though she’s a cat person. Her cat, Merlot, is also included throughout. There are many stories being woven together, and we are reunited with many characters we’ve met before. There are a lot of outdoor activities that are beautifully described, along with the snow, the cold, and the wildlife.

There is some closure with several happily ever afters in the story, but the epilogue didn’t go far enough for me. I’d love to see a novella set at the holidays (hint, hint) to tie up the loose ends of several of the characters and see if uniting any of the Lipin and Porter family members in marriage softened or ended the feud.

The books in the HEARTS OF ALASKA series are the first written by Ms. Martin. I look forward to reading more of her books.

While Love and Let Bark wasn’t a bad story, it started losing my interest about one fourth of the way in and never really got it back.

The best part of the book was the dogs. Daisy and Spark, the husky puppies that belonged to the hero, Nate, were the best characters. Nate was a yummy hero, and Lydia a strong, smart capable heroine, but the two of them waffled so hard in the face of the probable disapproval of their families they needed butter and syrup. Nate and Lydia had a history in high school when they hid their relationship from everyone. Now they are both grown and the attraction is still there-but so is the feud that kept them hiding as teens. One of my biggest questions was why the town would accept a gay marriage before they would one in which people from either side of the feud had a wedding.

Both Nate and Lydia spent far too much time in introspection with the reader as an unwilling observer into their every thought.

While the book wasn’t my cup of tea, I didn’t hate it. It just could have used a little less thought and a lot more action.

I love the Hearts of Alaska series and this was a great addition. I absolutely adored Nate and Lydia and their second chance at love. I can't wait to read more from Alanna Martin.

“Dawn- or what passed for it at this time of year- didn’t change Nate’s resolve. Every interaction he’d had with Lydia, culminating in that almost-but-not-quite-like-old-times phone call last night, had forced him to realize how much he still cared about her. He could tell himself all he wanted that it should be impossible to be head over heels for a woman he’d lost touch with a decade ago, but facts were facts. His physical attraction to Lydia was as strong as ever, and everything else about her continued to draw him in like a bonfire at midwinter. She was a light in the darkness. Warmth in the cold. A welcoming presence telling him he was home.”

Nate Porter and Lydia Lipin’s forbidden relationship ten years ago was torn apart by the feud between their families. Nate left town and hasn’t been back since until he hears that Lydia’s ex-boyfriend is back in town pursuing her. Nate finally has to decide about his feelings for Lydia Lipin: Keep running away or confront them head on once and for all.

I have thoroughly enjoyed the other books in the Hearts of Alaska series, and when found out the final book was going to be Lydia and Nate I was super excited. I am a sucker for a good second chance romance. It is one of my favorite tropes so this book should actually check all the boxes for me. It didn’t though. Why? I just kept wishing for some extra depth from both of these characters and their relationship. I was also expecting a great deal more angst too since it is forbidden love and they were separated because of the feud, but it just wasn’t there. It just felt extremely watered down. I wonder if the reason is because every book in this series seems to use the same tropes, so they start to feel overdone. The feud has been an over-arching plot point since the beginning, and I had some fatigue when reading what felt like an immensely similar story to the other two. It was a good book, but just was my least favorite in the series so far.

Give this one a chance if you are a fan of small-town romance authors like Susan Mallery or Debbie Macomber.

~ Michelle

.The adorable huskies strike again. The compelling writing and appealing characters, and I just couldn't put it down.

The feud between the Porters and the Lipins of Helen, Alaska, is still going strong. Lydia is running interference with her family to give her sister, Taylor, a breather from all the shenanigans while she is planning her wedding to Josh. (This is starting to sound a bit like a soap opera. 😁)

Nate Porter has escaped the town and the feud, but an injury has forced him home again to recover. He discovers his attraction to Lydia is just as strong as ever and it is returned. Will their growing relationship be able to withstand the force of the feud?

I don't have a lot to say here. Read the books and start from the beginning, preferably. It's an amazing series so far and I feel very privileged that I got the chance to read and review them.

I loved Nate and Lydia right from the start. Lydia is a bit uptight and everything in her world is ordered just so. I can identify with that. Nate's return turned her world upside down and made her take a long and hard look at herself and at what she wants from life. He forced her to come out of her shell and live a little. Nate came to realize that the town he was trying to run away from so badly, is actually the place that he was meant to be.

The feud was a bit more low-key. I loved seeing Kelsey, Josh, and Taylor again as well. Trust me, you won't want to put this one down once you get started. I can definitely recommend this to any romance reader. This is book three in the Hearts of Alaska series. You don't necessarily have to read them in order, but it might help a bit.

Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with a copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.