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Good Guys Love Dogs is such a heart warming story right from the beginning until the end. It is about two people searching for that one thing that is missing in their life. For one it is simple he put work before anything and everything else. For one she has secrets and when they are exposed she will have to live with the consequences. For me I loved this book because it showed that through it all love has a place and love can heal all wounds.
Ian and his teenage son has a very rocky relationship. Ian has been an absentee father for his son Luke. He has put everything first from work to a new engagement. When Luke starts acting out and getting in trouble with the law Ian decides it is time for him to move to a small place and focus on his son and his needs.This decision is not made lightly as Ian is leaving his safety of work and his fiance but he knows it needs to be done.
Colby Williams is a single mother of a teenage daughter. Her daughter and her come to heads when her daughter finds out she has been keeping a secret about her father. When the secret is revealed Colby will have to do damage control but can she because a secret that big can destroy a person. If matters could not get worse Colby wants to buy a ranch so she can make her dreams come true by having a place for animals to go but there is only one thing the ranch she wants to buy Ian has bought.
When Ian and Colby come together in this story it felt like I was right there watching a real life scene. This book is a great Saturday or Sunday read. Sit by the fireplace and read because this one will melt your heart!
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Posted August 4, 2012
Good Guys Love Dogs is a “curl up and enjoy” book. Any mother could easily connect with Colby’s parenting issues with daughter, Lena. A female veterinarian in a male dominated profession, single parent Colby Williams is busy balancing the demands of her career in small town Keeling Creek, Virginia, with parenting a teenage daughter. New York financier and single father, Ian McKinley is loading up his rebellious teenage son (and their dog), for a move to the country. Ian is desperate to reconnect with his son after Luke gets in trouble with the law, and it becomes obvious that Ian has been neglecting his duties on the home front. Between Colby’s matchmaking friend and Lena’s blooming interest in boys, Colby more than has her hands full. Her dream has always been to buy the farm Ian just purchased and start a no-kill animal shelter. In the end, McKinley men take a romantic interest in the Williams women, and both families learn valuable lesson about love, responsibility and forgiveness. A little romance, a little laughter and a big happy ending. What more could a reader ask for?
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Posted November 20, 2012
What a cute book! This is the perfect book for a lazy, cold day on the couch!
This book revolves around two different families that are both struggling with issues of hurt, disappointment and struggling to raise their children the best way they can.
Colby Williams lives in a small town in Virginia and is the mother of a teenage daughter Lena, and has a very busy career. As a dog lover, she has always wanted to buy a large farm near her and start a no-kill animal shelter – but could never come up with the amount of money needed to do it.
Ian McKinley, a big city financier from New York and single father of a teenage boy, Luke, is moving to the same small town to slow life down and hopefully keep his son out of trouble. He is in the process of trying to connect with his son who has been in trouble with the law – primarily due to the relationship (or lack there of) with his father. He just so happens to buy that farm that Colby always wanted – starting them out on a difficult note.
Colbys friend Phoebe is trying to be a matchmaker for her and she is probably one of my favorite characters as she is hilarious! Between the McKinley family coming to town (with a dog in tow), Phoebe trying to play matchmaker and Lena having an interest in the troublesome Luke, this book has a little bit everything.
If you are looking for a simple, sweet book about relationships – without a ton of steamy romance – this is it. I loved it!
DSWhite
Posted November 17, 2012
There was so much about this book that I loved. (I read it in
<p>There was so much about this book that I loved. (I read it in a day and a half. With my busy schedule that is a miracle!) For me this was a throw back of the type of books I enjoyed reading as a teenager. Books where there were real characters who sucked you into the story. Characters that you rooted for in one way or another. Characters who were flawed, showed you their vulnerabilities and weren't ashamed to admit that they had messed up. Not only did they admit it, they then proceeded to do something about it.</p>
<p>I'm sure there were many messages within the pages of this book, however, these are the three that grabbed me:</p>
<p>1) How you deal (or don't deal) with your pain today, will hurt the one(s) you love tomorrow;</p>
<p>2) Abandonment issues / rejection / insecurities plague males as well as females. I loved the fact that this book dealt with the issue of abandonment from the male <em>and</em> female perspective. Too many times, it is only attributed to the female. This time there is a balance shown so that each side can say, "Hey, we messed this up good didn't we? Now let's get up, dust ourselves off and get our houses in order!"</p>
<p>3) Marriage takes work, the good ones...take even more work. Just because all looks good from the outside looking in, doesn't mean all is <em>always</em> well, don't envy, don't hate, just be happy for your friend. He or she may need your shoulder at some point and when he or she does be positive, be uplifting, things may not be what they seem.</p>
<p>(Mild spoiler alert ahead)</p>
<p>Three things I did not like so much, although I understood how they came about and how they worked within the story to show the contrast of before and after behavior, were:</p>
<p>1) The rudeness/disrespect displayed by the teenagers and allowed by both single parents in the story. I know that it is not fiction and it exists because I have seen it in real life, but I have never understood how the child could become the dictator of the household, because it was not my growth experience. Even so, the authenticity of the writing had me wanting to reach within the pages of the book to give both sets of parents <em>and</em> teens a Jethro Gibbs head slap.</p>
<p>2) Ian not making a clean break from his current relationship before the flirting began with Colby.</p>
<p>3) Although I did not find Ian's girlfriend a very sympathetic character, I thought she got shabby treatment from him, having to do all the traveling and especially the last trip.</p>
<p><strong>MY RATING:</strong></p>
<p><strong>4-1/2 out of 5 Mice" </strong></p>
<p><strong>MY RECOMMENDATION:</strong></p>
<p>If you enjoy a well-developed story with a bit of humor, a bit of romance between single parents with recalcitrant teens, a bit of humanitarianism and a great, feel-good-happy-ending! This book is for you!</p>
Anonymous
Posted November 12, 2012
This touching story of a rich businessman who has a strained relationship with his son and the heroine Colby who has a similar problem of her own with her teenage daughter was sweet, relatable and enjoyable. Being an animal lover and a sucker for romance at times, I was charmed by Good Guys Love Dogs. To add to that, I always wanted to be a vet as a child so I instantly fell in love with Colby. The characters are realistic and the story is humorous and interesting. I would recommend this sweet story to any one out there who enjoys romance and is an animal lover.
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Posted October 25, 2012
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