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Ellen’s figured out that finding the right guy is all about compatibility. That’s why she signs up for Detailed Dating—the local online dating scene in Sacramento. They ask men the hard questions, compare their answers with hers, then she filters through the profiles of each provided “match.” After numerous email exchanges, she narrows it down to two promising candidates she’s excited to meet in person.

When Ellen’s best friend asks her for a favor, dog-sitting leads to disaster and Ellen ends up at the local vet where she meets a man she can’t get out of her mind. Henry isn’t a logical choice, but she finds herself paying for dog obedience class to spend more time with him.

Ellen knows that in order to have a lasting relationship, she should take the safe route and go for one of the pre-screened guys. But, how can she think with her head when her heart keeps begging her to give Henry a chance?

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SUSAN HATLER is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, who writes humorous and emotional contemporary romance and young adult novels. Many of Susan's books have been translated into Spanish and German. A natural optimist, she believes life is amazing, people are fascinating, and imagination is endless. She loves spending time with her characters and hopes you do, too. You can reach Susan here: Facebook: facebook.com/authorsusanhatler Twitter: twitter.com/susanhatler Website: susanhatler.com Blog: susanhatler.com/category/susans-blog

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Print Length: 140 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 148028629X
Publisher: Hatco Publishing (31 October 2012)
Sold by: Amazon Australia Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B009ZOZR0A
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Love at first Date

26 March 2015

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At first I thought oh it's one of those silly books that shares her horrible experiences. Then after reading I thought Geez really? Then she met a man at a doggie clinic when she took her friends dog to because she though he was going to die. After getting further into the story I had to laugh at her one safe one. Taking notes on the date marking off what's good ect. It ended well. I was happy with the storyline. I'm glad it worked out for her.
It's a quick read. One you can knock out in about an hour or so.
Worth a read if you like dogs and dating stories.

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Tracey Hogan

Brilliant

8 May 2018

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Loved this book! Great clean romantic read. Loved the story and the theme of the story about our eternal search for our one true great love for all our life! Loved the humour in it too! Reminded me of my love story and meeting my later husband! Now together for 26yrs!

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Love at first glance

22 November 2016

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I was gifted this book, and I freely chose to read and review it.

Ellen was so insecure about love, that she'd joined a website with a checklist and screening process, determined you could never just fall in love at first sight. Sometimes the numbers have it wrong.
I loved this story, it had all our insecurities, that facts that we never know where love will come from. I'm hooked and can't wait to read the whole series

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good clean fun

19 October 2017

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A fun light read, clean and quite well written, but nothing deep. This was my second book by the author, the first was more a novel rather than a novella, and I preferred the longer story - but this was good for a quick read.

PS Are there really guys around like her 'safe', notepad-carrying date? Scary idea...

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Jada Ryker

Better Date than Never

26 January 2014 - Published on Amazon.com

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Better Date than Never

In Love at First Date, the first book in Susan Hatler's Better Date than Never series, Ellen is thirty and wants to find true love. After her mother's past relationship failures, Ellen wants to use scientific methods to find the man of her dreams. Given her abandonment issues, Ellen relies on questionnaires and virtual matching to take the uncertainty out of romance.

When Chester the Chewing Canine chomps into the contents of Ellen's purse, she panics. Her friend Rachel adores the dog, and will kill Ellen if he overdoses on her lip gloss. Thankfully, Chester did not chew her cell phone. Ellen frantically careens to the local animal hospital, hacking dog in tow.

Ellen wants to force order onto chaos. She finds her objective criteria and scientific methods exploding in their own version of a big bang when she meets a handsome, non-vetted stranger over Chester's hacking and trails of drool.

The short work is entertaining and fun. The characters are believable and likeable. Rachel, Ellen's best friend, is obsessed with her dog's mental health and happiness. Ms. Hatler also offers humor. For example, one of Ellen's suitors invites her out to the Chinese restaurant Wok N’ Roll.

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Claire - The Coffeeholic Bookworm

Susan Hatler is the queen of short romantic comedies.

26 June 2016 - Published on Amazon.com

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Ellen is at her thirties, but still single and wary of guys. After her mom's three divorces, she realizes that to be compatible and in sync with a guy is what she needs to get involved in a relationship. So she joins Detailed Dating, an online dating service that measures the compatibility of searchers and searchees. And she gets two matches and will soon be dating one of them.

Rachel, her best friend and office mate gets a date and asks her for a favor - doggie-sitting her dog Chester, who recently chewed on her beautiful black boots. When Chesters seems to have swallowed something, she takes the dog to the nearest vet and meets Henry, the most mysterious man she has ever known. He has recently rescued a dog and names her Kenzie and they're doing an obedience training. He is good-looking, smiles a lot, helps her with training and is fun to be with. What's not to love? Ellen's clearly smitten with the guy, but she doesn't want anything to do with him because he's a complete stranger. She doesn't like asking too many questions about a guy, unless it's all stated in Detailed Dating.

Until Ellen finally gets to date her matches. Until all she thinks about is Henry and his mysterious ways. Until she learns from Rachel that he's not going to get in touch with her again. Bummer!

I love this short story so much. I wish it was longer, though. I love Ellen and her eccentric ways and her naivety. Sure, she's quite closed-minded sometimes, heck, she even annoys me with her compulsive thinking and over-the-top assumptions about Henry. But there's something about her that I found charming about her. I like how she stands her ground and balances her choices, I like how she acts like an awkward teenager when she's around Henry. She's a doll!

I'm liking short stories lately. They satisfy me at some point and makes me think outside the box. I've read some books by Susan Hatler and I always find myself laughing and feeling like a lovestruck idiot in the end, but I don't care. I gotta hand it to Susan, she's the queen of short rom-coms and she deserves it.

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Should the young woman pick a potential lover based on compatibility... or on feelings instead?

21 March 2018 - Published on Amazon.com

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Love at First Date is a novella (150-pages) with definitely a light mood, as any angst are resolved with awkward laughs.

Ellen needed someone to be compatible with her. She does not want to emulate her mother who's always on a different man that's not compatible. She took a whole month to narrow her online dating prospects down to a list of just two. When her dog-sitting for a friend went very wrong, she met Henry at a local vet who saved the not-her-dog. Ellen knew she must know more about Henry, so she signed up for dog obedience school using the not-her-dog. Now Ellen is conflicted... should she date the ones she deemed compatible like her head dictates... or should she go for Henry like her heart dictates? And what happens when her disguise was exposed?

Ah, light-hearted rom-com that's short, sweet, and NOT insta-lust. If you need a "pick-me-up" that's not full of angst, Susan Hatler delivers. The characters are not very deep, but they don't have to be.

Doni

ENJOYED IT!!

14 January 2019 - Published on Amazon.com

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I enjoyed reading this book!
It's a refreshing & sweet romance.
Ellen has the worst luck with men.
She tries on-line dating.
Ellen is watching her BFF's new puppy.
It gets into her purse, & has to be rushed to the Vet. That is when Ellen, meets to helpful & handsome, Henry.
Even while on her dates, she can't stop thinking about Henry. Maybe love is the answer, more than being compatible.
A MUST READ!!!

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