Savannah "Van" Leone has been in love with
Peter Clarke since their first day of college. Six years
later, Peter is marrying Van's best friend, Janie. Loyal to
a fault, Van dons her pumpkin-orange, maid-of- honor gown
and stands up for the couple, struggling to hide her true
feelings even when she couldn't be more conspicuous. After
the wedding, nursing her broken heart with a Rin Tin Tin
marathon plus a vodka chaser, Van accidentally orders a
German Shepherd puppy over the Internet. When "Joe" turns
out to be a hundred-pound beast who only responds to
commands in Slovak, Van is at the end of her rope-until she
realizes that sometimes life needs to get more complicated
before it can get better.