I hesitated with this rating especially because I disliked the heroine at the beginning. She was not a bad person, on the contrary, but her delusional notion that she could plan everything, even her love life, was a bit much for me. And for someone supposedly intelligent (a veterinarian, no less) she was quite oblivious some times. On the other side, the hero was enjoyable, if you disregard the usual hesitations and procrastinations. The plus side of the series (for me) are the animals. the stories turn around a vet clinic, and the author knows a lot about animal care (documentation and life experience, it shows). But in this book, some of the side stories are harsh. If you're sensitive, you see more about the dark side of the job that you would care for, and some scenes were really hard on me.