Brooke Palmer runs a grooming parlour for dogs, and it's
unfortunate that one show poodle's clip is damaged by a
young groomer. Stuffing the dog into a Louis Vuitton
carrier and demanding a sacking, the lady client stalks
out. Can Brooke's business survive?
GROOMED FOR MURDER proceeds to follow Brooke to a wedding,
taking her mind off her troubles, but later the aggrieved
client goes on a TV show to complain and threatens a
lawsuit. Drew Hudson, an attorney, calls to Brooke's home
to ask her to settle for damages. He steps in through an
open door and next thing a bulldog is hanging off the seat
of his pants. The dog's sleek and strong owner refuses to
settle... Drew just wishes they were meeting under better
circumstances. Sneakily he takes to showing up wherever
Brooke happens to be, whether volunteering at a homeless
shelter or picking up groceries, so he can try to get on
her good side. There's a partnership on the line if he can
pull this off, and surely Brooke must see reason. Just as
the two acknowledge the developing attraction between them,
the unthinkable happens. The poodle's troublesome owner is
found dead... and according to the police, Brooke is the
prime suspect.
Brooke is an endearing character, feeding a careful diet to
her elderly bulldog and protecting him from extremes of
temperature. Even though she could have mollified the irate
client by firing the groomer who was at fault, she chose to
protect her employee and offered free services. I thought
she was too quick to give into attraction to this man, in
the circumstances. On the other hand, another girl
complains that she went out on a date with a man who was
far more into his computer than into her. Maybe good men
are in short supply in their neighbourhood.
This is second in the Going To The Dogs series and
unlike
many cosy mysteries there is not a lot of clue-sniffing and
alibi-comparing, more of a focus on adult romance. This
may be because Zoe Dawson is a pen name for romance author
Karen Anders. She has another in this series lined up and
if you like this book you might check out her other works
under either name. GROOMED FOR MURDER will please romance
fans who like dogs and an edge of crime.
Brooke Palmer owns Pawlish, an exclusive doggie spa and
grooming business in upper Manhattan, but when a client’s
champion poodle gets a bad poodle cut and has to undergo
therapy to recover, the client sues. The lawyer they send is
drop dead gorgeous, but Brooke won't be wooed by a corporate
shark in a sharp suit.
Corporate lawyer Drew Hudson has better things to do then
take on this ridiculous lawsuit, but since he works for the
client’s husband, he has no choice. After meeting the
beautiful, sweet-tempered owner, he can’t keep his mind on
the silly case. But when the client turns up dog gone dead,
Brooke may be a conflict of interest when she’s charged with
the murder. All Drew wants to do is prove that this sexy
entrepreneur is not dangerous, except to his heart.
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