The Good Boy
Boy next door, magical dog chaos, and the softest slow-burn romance imaginable
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Publisher Description
'Incredibly funny and utterly adorable' Jenny Colgan
'A book that made me smile from first page to last' Milly Johnson
On the eve of Genie's thirtieth birthday, her grandmother gives her an unexpected gift: a wish at midnight. Genie, forever the family skeptic, laughs it off and, after an evening fending off invasive questions about her nonexistent love life, returns home to her empty house and her golden retriever, Rory.
She really should've listened to her grandmother.
She's turned Rory into a human with big golden retriever energy. But he doesn't like being a human. He doesn't like wearing clothes or human manners, and he most definitely can't manage a human job. It's like she suddenly has a child.
Genie needs to turn him back. She enlists her oldest friend and boy next door, Miles, to help. Their quest brings them closer than they've ever been -- and maybe, just maybe, her messed up wish is the key to granting her heart's desire after all…
'Uplifting, romantic, magical and brimming with charm, I adored it' Cathy Bramley
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this adorable romp from Hayward (The Memory Book, written as Rowan Coleman), a woman learns valuable life lessons from man's best friend. For Genie's 30th birthday, her fortune-telling grandmother offers to grant a single wish. Nonbeliever Genie doesn't take this present seriously. Instead, she tipsily wishes that her golden retriever, Rory, were human so their chats and cuddles would be less one-sided and her family would stop worrying about her being lonely. The next morning, a shaggy-haired blond guy is asleep in the dog bed and Genie knows instantly that she's made a big mistake, especially given how unhappy Rory is to be a human. Genie seeks help turning Rory back from her best friend and next-door neighbor, Miles, despite Rory's fear of Miles's "murder cat." Rory knows right away that Miles's and Genie's scents go well together, but Hayward still manages to draw out the will-they-won't-they between these clueless humans. In the meantime, there's fun to be had watching exuberant Rory help Genie rediscover her carefree side and sense of play. Dog lovers will be especially charmed.
