Chasing Stanley (New York Blades) | Deirdre Martin | A beautiful book about opposites attract

Chasing Stanley (New York Blades) | Deirdre Martin | Adorable romantic love story!

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	Chasing Stanley (New York Blades) Deirdre Martin Berkley, 2007 - 368 pages average customer review:based on 35 reviews view larger image
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A beautiful book about opposites attract

Ok, let's sum this up: I just adore this book, I love all Deirdre Martin has published and this work especially. IMO it's perfect in every way and a brilliant new book in the "New York Blades" series.
For those who want some more info, here it is.
It's all about Delilah Gould, a very shy dog trainer, and about Jason Mitchell, a new player of the Blades. Jason and his best buddy, Newfoundland Stanley, are new in town and in need of a place for Stanley to stay when Jason is playing. Jason and Delilah meet on a hot summer day and there is instant attraction between them and even better Delilah adores Stanley and is prepared to train and board him.
From a working relationship they go on to a more intimate one and at the beginning they have a lot of fun and enjoy their life together, but soon realize that because their temperaments are totally different not everything is perfect. Delilah is very shy and happy to stay at home with her dogs while Jason wants to enjoy every aspect of his new life in New York and wants to spend every night out meeting new people.
Jason expects Delilah to be more outgoing but doesn't realize that he is hurting her more than helping to overcome her insecurities.
After a disastrous evening spent at one of Jason's colleagues home they both decide to end their intimate relationship. They still have contact because of Stanley and after Delilah helps Jason out in two critical situations he realizes why he fell in love with the shy Delilah and that they are perfect for each other if they accept the other just like she/he is.
Delilah and Jason are really sweet together and I especially love her. She is one of my favourite heroines.
Besides Delilah, Jason and Stanley you also meet some crazy parents, an annoying but also very charming twin-brother (his book "Power Play" is out in October 08) and some of the "old" Blades and each of them makes this book what it is: perfect.
So please run to your next bookstore/go online and buy/order yourself a copy and read on!
Enjoy.
S.M.

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Adorable romantic love story!

I just adored this little book. It was sooo cute and sweet. This was my first Deirdre book and I was pleasantly surprised, and glad I went all out and bought it.

Maybe I like this book soo much because I myself happened to think I may suffer a bit from social anxiety, sooo, when Delilah was describing how she felt anxious around strangers or big crowds I sympathized with her. I did think that her hunky bf judged her too hard, and overreacted when she went haywire about the dog being tied in the basement. Having a dog in a basement tied up with no water and with poop everywhere is horrible, so she was in her right to act indignant. Highly recommended!

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If you love dogs and romance stories, it's a keeper!

I have read a couple of this author's hockey romance books, and this is a favorite! First, the hero, Jason, has this humongous dog, but he has no idea how to manage the dog in the city. Stanley, the dog, is cute and funny. Since I have four dogs, the dog got me first. But the main characters are also great- a no-nonsense, practical woman and a sweet but masculine hockey player. This book had more depth than many romance novels I've read, and I really liked the characters. They were well-developed, believable, and interesting.

Similar Plot Lines

Usually when writing a review you'd start off with an outline of the novel, but seeing as how the plot here seems to mirror a couple of Deirdre's other novels I've decided to forgo the plot synopsis.

I've run into a problem with Deirdre's books it's one I'd hope not to find since I rather enjoyed the novels in Ms. Martins series. To me it seems as if many of her books parallel each other, there's usually (but not always, so please refrain from jumping all over me if you disagree) one main character ashamed of a quality found in the other character and they usually break up about 3/4's of the way through the book.

After reading all of the books she's published so far I've begun feeling as if I'm reading a novel with the same characters and plot just tweaked slightly. Now this doesn't mean that Chasing Stanley isn't a cute, sigh inducing book because it is, I found myself loving the adorable Newfie. So if reoccurring themes and characters aren't a problem for you then this is another good read from Deirdre Martin.

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