The Park of Sunset Dreams (Dare Valley Series, Book 6)

The Park of Sunset Dreams is book 6 in the Dare Valley series by Ava Miles. I loved this book. It keeps up to the same standards as the first book.Jane Wilcox was delighted and even relieved to give up her disguise as Raven. Raven, along with her friend Vixen, was a secret poker scout for Rhett Butler Blaylock. For seven years she and Vixen had hung on Rhett’s arms while he played poker. No one realized they were anything other than poker babe. Now that Rhett decided to stay in Dare Valley to marry Abbie and raise a family, their disguises were no longer necessary. Rhett did still play in tournaments; but Jane and Elizabeth went with him as his dog walker and publicist. No one suspected they were the former Raven and Vixen. None of them wanted this information to get out as it could be embarrassing. Jane chose to keep his dog, Annie, and train her. Annie became close to her own dog Roscoe and it was deemed better for Annie to stay with Jane. Annie’s clothing allowance was abundant and Jane had fun buying and putting Annie in neat clothes. When he played poker, Rhett held Annie when possible. When they were not working, Jane would take both dogs on a daily walk. Then they would return home where she would review tapes of other poker players to see if she could catch something that would give them away at tournaments.Matthew Hale, his brother Andy, and his mother had moved back to Dare Valley. Matthew and Andy wanted a slower paced life that that of Denver. Their mother needed to get away from her ex-husband. She had finally had enough and left. Matthew set up his law practice and reveled in the amount of free time he had. He had brought Henry with him. Henry had belonged to a former client of his whom Matthew felt he had let down and that the system had not worked for. The only problem was that Henry did not mind Matthew at all. Matthew would take him for walks but it would be Henry who would get his way. That is until Henry met Jane. From the very first, Henry minded Jane. Matthew wanted her to teach him how to handle Henry. Jane agreed and they met each day towards sunset to walk the dogs and practice obedience.As Matthew and Jane got to know each other, Matthew found Jane was pretty closedmouth about her background. His brother googled her and found out she came from a prominent political family. For some reason, though, she was estranged from them. She was also a wealthy woman in her own right. However, the years between Harvard and now were blank. There was no trace of where she was. However, he felt that given time, she would trust him enough to tell him. Before that, however, he decided to run for mayor of Dare Valley and before he could tell Jane about it, she found out about it from someone else. She ran from him as she did not want anything to do with politics even though she loved him and he loved her.Can they get over this hurdle? Will Jane ever be able to tell him about Raven and what will his reaction be when she does? Will Henry ever mind Matthew?I loved this book and this series.

I laughed a LOT. Had a great time visualizing the 2 Harvard brainiacs playing the parts of poker babes.... then the part of publicist and dog walker. Touch of brilliance with the wine expertise (total nonseclatur though) ... Great characters. Great progression of people finding out. Great solution. Wonderful insights about the dogs. I loved all of the characters. I was cheering them all on. I didn't want to skip any scenes or speed at all. I am eager to find the next book and learn what happens with Elizabeth and, maybe, the chef?

I loved how matt and jane met at the park. The author kinda switched their traditional roles. She also created a lot of unusual mole holes in their story. I was pleasantly surprised. This tale of Matt and Jane was a pleasantly slow build up to their relationship. It was nice seeing how they each grew in strength together along with their friends and family.

A very different story not just another love story. Most other books I’ve read had no theme, this one had two or three other thing going on all the time. Could hardly wait until the end to see how everything was going to work out. Loved this book.

If you want a quick and easy read this is the series for you. It's comfortable and predictable. The characters are a bit flat but the plethora of family members and trying to keep track of who's who will keep your brain working. Great escape reading and cutesy world building.

Love reading about this beautiful family and everyone they welcome into their hearts. Their hearts are open to new love. a lesson for everyone.

The perfect book. Twists and turns you would never expect. With a whole lot of love thrown in and just a touch of humour for the fun of it.

Plain Jane is hiding her past and trying a new life. She meets the man of her dreams but, he is running for political office. Seems she won't be able to protect her secrets or those of her loved ones.

First time for this author, but will definitely be reading more. Really enjoyed this book, and loved all the characters.

Ok

I have bought the whole series. I do really like them. I withheld a 5th star just because they are quite predictable but when life is out of control sometimes we just want a good story with a happy ending which is what this is.

really good read

Continuing the story of Dare. Different characters from the Hare family but the family are there love it