Colleen Kilcannon Mahoney is the Dogfather’s widowed
sister. She co-owns a dog-treat store with her daughter. Colleen finds herself
the latest victim of the Dogmothers’ matchmaking. However, the man they chose
is the same boy who stood her up forty-five years ago. Colleen decides to
assist Tim with his goodwill mission. Being with him again reawakens some of
her teenage dreams. Can Colleen prove to her family that she is not averse to
change? Or will she let doubt stand in the way of a second
chance?
Timothy “Tim” McIntosh is the vice president of property
development for a high-end hotel chain. He returns to Bitter Bark, North
Carolina, to settle his late father’s affairs. Tim agrees to fulfill his
father’s deathbed request. He needs to find three certain people and grant them
their heart’s desire. Tim also wants to apologize to Colleen for skipping out
on her on prom night. She helps him discover his own heart’s desire. Will Tim
manage to finish his mission in time? And can he convince Colleen to see the
world with him?
I am so glad that Colleen got a happily-ever-after. She
definitely deserved one. I adore Colleen’s devotedness to her family. She would
do anything for family, especially her sons and daughter, and she knows her
family would do the same for her. What I like the most about Colleen is her
willingness to help Tim with his mission. She did not hold a grudge against
him, especially once he explained his reason for leaving. Colleen respects Tim
for helping his late father make reparation to the people he wronged.
Tim is a sweetheart. I like that the first thing he
wanted to do in Bitter Bark is to find Colleen and to apologize. Tim lived
forty-five years with regret about standing her up that long ago night. What I
adore the most about him is Tim’s willingness to complete his father’s deathbed
request. He knew what kind of man his father was. The two may have parted on
bad terms; however, Tim did not hold that against the man.
PEPPERMINT BARK is book nine in Roxanne St. Claire’s
dog-themed, contemporary romance series, THE DOGMOTHER, a spinoff from her THE
DOGFATHER series. The story can easily standalone, but I recommend reading the
prior books and novellas, along with the previous series, to appreciate the
three families’ dynamics. I am generally not a fan of the second-chance trope.
However, I did not mind as much with this story since it is between a much
older couple.
PEPPERMINT BARK is a sweet and wholesome tale focused on
a second chance at a later-in-life romance. I am dying to know who is next on
the Dogmothers’ matchmaking radar? Ella? Or Nick?
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