Finn’s review of Hello, Doggy by Elaine Fox
Contemporary romance released 26 Dec 07 by Avon
Hello, Doggy is a book about an uptight psychologist who isn’t good with people and has a paralyzing fear of dogs. It’s a nice little love story about people letting down their barriers and learning to listen with their hearts, where love resides, and not with their heads.
Heroine Tory Hoffstra is asked to co-write a book with hero Keenan James about relationships. The problem is she is so pissed that Keenan is not a licensed psychologist and is giving love/relationship advice to women. It doesn’t help that he has a Golden Doodle (golden retriever-poodle mix) named Barbara Streisand!
I liked Keenan’s no nonsense approach to relationships, “If the guy is a dog, dump him!” But, Tory’s uptightness borders on the downright annoying. There where a few times while reading the book that I just wanted to shake some sense into her or give her a “happy pill”.
There are some great scenes where Tory is buying some new clothes and trying on some make-up that are fun. Fox really knows that some make-up and a new designer outfit really does make a woman have a whole new outlook on life.
Grade: B
Blurb:
Keenan James has made a career out of teaching women what men really want. He hosts a weekly roundtable, where he offers advice to the love-lorn, and now he’s even been tapped to write a book—though he’s never been able to commit to just one girl. Unfortunately, he’s recently been saddled with his mom’s irrepressible pooch, a golden doodle named Barbra Streisand, and his publisher has saddled him with a co-writer—a shy psychologist named Tory Hoffstra, who’s determined to keep him on a short leash.
Suspecting that Keenan’s nothing but a hound, Tory joins the round-table under an alias. She’s shocked that he’s more than just a smooth-talking seducer . . . and that he’s even more gorgeous than she had heard. As for Keenan, before long he finds himself warming up to Barbra the dog and feeling the heat with Tory . . . and learning that not even his own advice could have prepared him for finally falling in love.
Read an excerpt.
