Something fluffy and the start of a whole new and unexpected adventure

Synopsis

When materials engineer Zoey Butler lands her dream job at Future State Energy, she believes her research in renewable energy will make headlines. Unfortunately for her, she’s right. Zoey is working on her latest experiment when FBI Special Agent Alexis Thompson and her K-9 partner, Waffle, raid Future State and arrest the head of the development for fraud. Zoey helps the FBI find answers in the aftermath, but she soon finds herself jobless and unemployable. Desperate and out of options, she reaches out to Alexis, the one person who knows Zoey was duped like everyone else.

Liam Graham is an FBI special agent and instructor at Riverbend K-9 Academy. When Alexis brings in a new recruitwith an unusual background, Liam pairs her up with Tasha, a dog in need of a handler to stay in their competitive program. Zoey is thrilled to put her past behind her and give the mischievous rescue dog her own second chance. However, shortly after she arrives, the FBI realizes the Future State case is far from closed. And Zoey may be the key to solving it.

Zoey offers to go back to Future State to help the FBI end things once and for all. Only this time, she’ll have Liam and Tasha for backup. But, the problems at Future State are more explosive than any of them suspect.

My review

Zoey Butler is a materials engineer who believes that she has found her dream job at Future State Energy. But then the FBI raids Future State and arrests are made for fraud. And that means that Zoey now is jobless…
Desperation makes people do strange things, and Zoey is not an exception. She reaches out to FBI Special Agent Alexis Thompson for a job, as Alexis knows that Zoey was duped like everyone else.
Thus Zoey finds herself recruited by the FBI and is ready to start at Riverbend K-9 Academy. And with the job, is Tasha included, a dag in need of a handler.
But then the FBI discovers that Future State is not yet a closed case… and Zoey offers to go back to the place to help out, together with Liam Graham, another FBI Agent and also instructor of the K-9 Academy and both their dogs, Tasha and Tank.
Little did they expect that things would end up being so explosive, and we are not only taking about the chemistry between Zoey and Liam…

If people would describe me, concerning pets, they would immediately say that I am a cat – person. But that doesn’t mean I don’t melt whenever I see a cute dog! So for me, it was very obvious that I would read this story!

Zoey is the kind of character you immediately like. It’s obvious she is a lovely person, and always sees the positive in people. Even when losing her job, she cannot see one of the people she used to work with, to be to blame.
But she also has a certain fire in her. I found it awesome how she dared to write to the FBI claiming that they give her a job, as they were the reason she lost the last one!
I cannot think of one person who would have the same guts!
And I admired her when she just packs and accept the job at Riverbend K-9 Academy, not knowing what was in store for her.

I have to admit, the Academy was nothing what I expected it to be. First of all, I was surprised how easy it was for Zoey to get there (because according all those TV  -shows I watched, it’s not an easy task to enter a FBI – Academy).
And even while everyone is working very hard at the Academy, there is also a feeling of calmness. Everyone knows what to do, and does it, without getting overly stressed or freaking out.
But they absolute take their jobs seriously! Proof is how they handle the Future State case…

I don’t think I’ll ever understand how you can train dogs into smelling specific things, and not only that, I think you need a lot of patience, and that is not something I am known for.

Both Tasha and Tank are very well trained, and when working, their focus is literally on the smelling only. However, dogs will always be dogs and when off duty, they were both those cute dogs you just want to cuddle all day!

I found it fascinating how Zoey and Liam go to the crime scene, and infiltrate to discover what is going on. When I am in my ‘detective modus’, I see everyone as a potential suspect, so I was trying to figure out myself who the culprit was.
Even if there are a few blasts in the tale, the reason behind it wasn’t as malicious as I initially thought.

This was a very entertaining story, showing us a side of investigation I didn’t consider much. There is suspense, question marks that I wanted to be answered, an overload of cuteness (dogs, people, I am talking about the dogs!) but also a little bit of romance…
Yes, obviously there is chemistry between Zoey and Liam, but their attraction isn’t pulling the spotlight away from the real work. It’s just a nice in – between, making it an even lighter story.

I didn’t expect to enjoy this book as much as I did (I expected a certain level of enjoyment, but not as much as I effectively had!) and I am very curious to read what the next adventure for Zoey, Liam, Tasha and Tank will be!