A review by transportedlfl
Ruff and Tumble by Lucy Gilmore

4.0

I was absolutely taken by a book called Ruff and Tumble with a dog on the cover. Hailey is the production assistant who runs the Puppy Cup, the show during the halftime of the football championship game. Cole, the Seattle quarterback, approaches her to get involved with the Puppy Cup as well in hopes that she and the puppies will prove to be a good luck charm. The book features so many shelter pups, as a key goal of the Puppy Cup is to find homes for dogs. I would love the book just for the descriptions of puppies playing.

But the book is sweet in so many other ways as well. I loved Cole's family, especially his sister and niece. And I loved just about everything about Hailey. Her connection with and understanding of shelter pups is deep, and it's a key driver behind her job and her choice to foster dogs. She is equally connected to Cole's team and always picks him in the first round of her fantasy football draft. The two of them together are great fun, especially as she can critique his play like no one else. This book made me smile throughout. It's a fun romance.

Thank you to Sourcebook Casablanca and NetGalley for the advanced reader copy. These opinions are my own.