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Book Blurb

High tension meets laid back in a collision of opposites.

Grant Edgerton hasn’t had free day in years. From overachieving student to workaholic real estate developer in a high-pressure firm, he’s striven for success to the point of developing a stomach ulcer. When he literally crashes into a dog walker and his charges, it’s time to let loose the hounds of change. After failing to land a very important client, Grant takes an afternoon to play.

Max Thompson rolls through life’s curves with easy grace. Dog walking supplements his gigs as a musician, and he’s content with his easy come, easy go existence. He’s fluid to the point of not standing firm for anything, until an eye-opening encounter with an uptight businessman shakes his cool.

As lust stirs, then love grows, Grant begins to reevaluate what it really means to be successful in life. And as Max teaches Grant to chill, he learns some things are worth making an effort to hold on to.

Love dogs and smoking hot men? The Love Off Leash series is for you. Different authors. Unrelated stories. Shared theme of new love and pets.

Book Review

“Always remember to slow down in life; live, breathe, and learn; take a look around you whenever you have time and never forget everything and every person that has the least place within your heart.” ~ unknown

Grant Edgerton, of 'Chilling with Max' by Bonnie Dee, has been working so hard on his career that he has lost touch with the small, gratifying things that enrich his soul. Grant's relentless pace is halted when he has a serious confrontation with his boss. When a shaky deal doesn't go through as soon as his boss thinks it should, he uses this to oust Grant from of his position.

This crisis gives Grant time to reevaluate his life. He has seriously neglected his love life for a long time and never stopped to consider how lonely he was; but with more time on his hands, he begins to realize how much he would like to have someone in his life. Grant meets Max Thompson, who works as a dog walker as well as a musician. They hit it off well, but they are so different, Grant wonders how it could work for them, at least on any kind of permanent basis. They dance around each other for a while, not wanting to admit that they would like the attraction to become much more, but neither one wants to make the commitment. Max and Grant give in to the strong physical attraction; the sex is phenomenal but their differences continue to cause waves in their relationship. A phone call from a client Grant has been trying to book for months interrupts their lovemaking and Grant tells Max he has to leave, they get into a serious discussion about values and priorities, leaving both of them angry and hurt.

Bonnie has written a good story with a classic theme—don't rush through life. Take time to enjoy the pleasures that make life worth living. Max and Grant are an opposites-attract couple who learn to compromise to make their relationship work because doing so is worth the reward. Thanks, Bonnie, for a short, sweet story with a happy ending.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook
Length	Novella, 94 pages
Heat Level
Publication Date	27-September-2017
Price	$2.95 ebook
Buy Link	https://www.amazon.com/Chilling-Max-Love-Leash-Book-ebook/dp/B075ZL8WY8