So, I've been following the author on Facebook for awhile. And I have to say that this was the perfect book for me to read first. Why? Because there is a dachshund in it! If you know me, you know how much I love dachshunds, I mean look at my header here on the blog! And the dachshund is a piebald, like my Dora is. His name is Oscar, which was the name of the first dachshund my family had when I was a kid. Not only does the book have a dachshund, but the characters make wiener jokes like all dachshund owners make. I mean my favorite line of the book just has to be that "You know there's nothing worse than a sad wiener."

Anyway, let's talk about the actual story. Oscar is not the only wiener in the story, there is his owner, Laird. I fell in love with Laird, not just for his wiener dog, but also because he was all about pleasing his lady. And then he was such an all around renaissance man. He was a drummer, and he designed video games, had in fact already sold apps and made money off of them. He volunteered at the hospital with kids in the cancer ward.

Then we have Reese. She's a freshman, trying out for a position on the traditionally all male drumline. And she's good, better than most of the other guys trying out, and maybe even better than some of the guys already on the team. She has to endure all the hazing, but it's not just the normal ordeals, she also has to put up with a hateful misogynistic co-leader of the drumline, Marcos. She definitely feels the attraction to Laird, but she doesn't want to get her spot on the team by dating the captain. Even if she earns the position, she knows any hint of them dating could lead to having to deal with people inferring that's why she made it, and not treating her with respect. When she runs into him at the hospital where she has also stopped by to volunteer, it almost seems as if they really are made for each other.

There's so much more to the story that I loved, but I don't want to give a lot away. I had a lot of jaw dropped moments listening to this, and I love when a story can keep me on my toes. Along with the wiener jokes, there was Reese's new bestfriend and sidekick, Smith. I loved Smith to death, even if he did have kind of bad taste in guys for a bit. Towards the end when he comes to Reese's rescue, and then refuses to keep her secret quiet when it needs to come out, I just loved him even more.

The sexy scenes were as steamy as I liked, and Laird was totally a sweet Southern gentleman. He did irritate me a bit in how he wanted to constantly baby Reese in some ways, and so I felt with her about that. But then there were times it irritated me that she would let someone egg her into doing something that she really knew wasn't fair and she shouldn't have to do, just to prove the point that she could do it, or to prove that they couldn't get to her. There were moments, in fact between probably two chapters when I was saying how much I loved Laird, and then the next one I was so mad at him! I love when characters get you to feel so much, or should I say when an author can write characters that you fall in love with.

I liked the narrators on the audiobook, although the female narrator did this thing where she got all breathless at the end of each sentence. It was kind of annoying and distracting. Other than that, I liked both of the narrators and enjoyed listening to this.