Fetching Sweetness by Dana Mentink #BookReview

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About Fetching Sweetness:

Standing between Stephanie and her dream is one hundred pounds of lovable trouble.

It should have been so simple for Stephanie Pink: Meet up with Agnes Wharton in a small town in California, retrieve the reclusive author's valuable new manuscript, and be promoted to a full-fledged literary agent.

But Agnes's canine companion, Sweetness, decides to make a break for it before Stephanie can claim her prize. Until Agnes has Sweetness safely back at home in Eagle Cliff, Washington, Stephanie will never set eyes on the manuscript she needs to make her dreams come true.

When Stephanie tracks the runaway mutt to a campground, she meets Rhett Hastings---a man also on the run from a different life and a costly mistake. Rhett agrees to help Stephanie search for the missing dog . . . thus launching a surprising string of adventures and misadventures.

Once Sweetness gets added to the mix, it's a recipe for love and loss, merriment and mayhem, fun and faith in the backwoods of the Pacific Northwest.

My thoughts:


I found this to be an engaging story about a dog (Sweetness) who brings two people together. Sweetness tends to find animals in need and fully expects the humans to take care of them. He did have a rather nasty encounter with a feral cat, which did scare him a bit. 

Stephanie and Rhett are amusing when it comes to eating; he is into gourmet and she eats whatever is economical. She teases him, which he takes with good humor. He does insensitive things to which she responds with understanding. You just know these two are going to end up together. 

Sweetness is an energetic dog that not only tends to find animals in need but he apparently can also spot people in need. Rhett and Stephanie  but don't realize it but this canine is about to take them on an exciting journey. As an animal lover, I found myself laughing and being thoroughly amused by this story.

This is the second book in the Purchase a copy here or on Amazon. Dana donates a portion of the proceeds towards senior dog care. 

About Dana Mentink:

Dana lives in California, where the weather is golden and the cheese is divine. Dana is an American Christian Fiction Writers Book of the Year finalist for romantic suspense and an award winner in the Pacific Northwest Writers Literary Contest. Her suspense novel, Betrayal in the Badlands, earned a Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award. Besides writing, she busies herself teaching third and fourth grade. Mostly, she loves to be home with her husband, two daughters, a dog with social anxiety problems, a chubby box turtle, and a feisty parakeet. Connect with her on her website, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram.