Operation Blind Date

I used to love Justine Davis (or Justine Dare as she was briefly in the 1980s) but although the romance genre has changed, her style hasn't kept pace. The conflict of “oh, he is so wonderful, he couldn't possibly be interested in little old me” is tiresome, especially when the heroine doesn't seem to have any noticeable flaws. I'm much more interested in kick-ass heroines who know their worth, and if the hero doesn't seem to be interested that's his loss, not hers.

The magical dog who finds the next case for the Leverage-type do-gooder justice league and does matchmaking in his spare time doesn't bother me - I'll suspend my disbelief for a good animal story - but please come up with some better conflict than a situation that could have been addressed through one good conversation.