Help A Bitch Out
This HaBO is from Sam, who is hoping to track down this romance:
I am trying to remember a book that feels like it should be easy, but there are so many books that feature these tropes & archetypes in this setting that I can’t get it.
So…contemporary: cis-het; mostly, if not all, white characters; low-to-medium heat level (I think).
Small-ish town, male main character is a first responder (more likely sheriff/deputy, but maybe EMT/firefighter); female main character either returned after being away or new to town. I am *pretty* certain the book opens with him finding her large-ish dog running loose (possibly having a close call with a vehicle?).
As I recall, she drives a smaller car (with a stick shift?), like a VW Beetle or Mini Cooper, and the town is kinda hilly. The dog is important to the FMC and comes up in the story pretty often, but I don’t think she works with animals. Do not remember what the conflict was that they couldn’t just be together right away.
The book has the feel of a Jill Shalvis or early Kristan Higgins, but I’ve looked over their titles pretty carefully. It’s def not KH, and I don’t think it’s a Jill Shallvis (Head Over Heels seems closest, but isn’t it). It’s not Debbie Burns or Lucy Gilmore; don’t think it’s a Lucy Score.
Not sure whether it’s part of a series, or a stand-alone. I read it between 2013 and 2018, but it might be older. I have interrogated the other romance readers at my library, and none of us can figure out what it is—although they all want to read it now too.
Can we HaBO?