William Morrow
Featuring: Rory O'Connor; Sara Renault
416 pages ISBN: 0062369474 EAN: 9780062369475 Kindle: B00PFXIGMQ Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
In STEPDOG, Rory O'Connor is an Irish immigrant working part-time at the
Boston Museum. He is a fiddle playing musician/actor. When
his luscious boss, Sara Renault, fires him, he reacts by impulsively kissing
her. They decide to have dinner together. After a romantic evening, Sara
invites Rory back to her apartment and introduces him to her beloved dog,
Cody. Rory and Cody accept each other except Rory refuses the allow Cody on
the bed. Those rules are soon manipulated. A whirlwind romance begins for
Rory and Sara. Rory quickly finds he is second in her
affections, after Cody. A future problem, perhaps?
Rory is in danger of losing his visa. He plans to marry
his cousin's widow to obtain a green card that would allow
him to remain in America and continue to pursue his career.
Quickly, Sara talks Rory into marrying her instead to
continue their blossoming romance. When Rory receives a
call from his friend, an agent in Hollywood, about a lead
role in an upcoming TV pilot, he is questioned about his
green card status. Rory fibs and says he has one. Sara and
Rory travel to Rhode Island and are married. Rory gets the
role, and his green card. However, they must move to LA.
On the day before their departure, Rory convinces Sara to leave Cody with his
new friend, Jay so they can finish packing the car and
cleaning the apartment. When they go to pick up Cody, they
discover the dog has been kidnapped. They learn, too late,
that Jay is Sara's ex from a very troubled relationship.
Jay has been watching Rory at the doggie playground with
Cody. He made friends with him while waiting for the right
moment to steal the dog he gave to Sara but wanted back.
Rory is in big trouble. The dognapping is his fault. He
will stop at nothing to get Cody back to his devastated
wife.
The madcap adventure to find Cody takes us
through the heart of America in a wild and humorous cross
country chase. Until now, Rory has told everyone, "Cody is
not my dog. She is my wife's dog. She is my stepdog." This
has changed, and in a literal cliffhanger at the Grand
Canyon, Rory realizes that he, too, loves that sweet dog.
The sweet face on the cover of STEPDOG reminds me of my own
dog. Cody, an adorable character, steals my heart. A
delightful, fun-filled story about human love and doggy
love. I recommend it as a pick-me-up, feel-good story that
you will enjoy. Nicole Galland is a great storyteller. I
look forward to her next read. Kudos, Ms. Galland.
What's the difference between puppy love and dogged devotion?
When Sara Renault fired Rory O'Connor from his part-time job at a Boston art
museum, and in
response, Rory—Irishman, actor, musician, reformed party-boy— impulsively
leaned over and
kissed her . . . she kissed him back. Now, as Rory's visa runs out on the cusp
of his big
Hollywood break, Sara insists that he marry her to get a green card. In a
matter of weeks
they've gone from being friendly work colleagues to a live-in couple, and it's
all grand . . .
except for Cody, Sara's beloved dog from her troubled previous relationship.
Sara's
overattachment to her dog is the only thing she and Rory fight about.
When Rory scores both his green card and the lead role in an upcoming TV
pilot, he and Sara
(and Cody) prepare to move to Los Angeles. But just before their departure,
Cody is kidnapped
—and it is entirely Rory's fault. Desperate to get back into Sara's good
graces, Rory tracks Cody
and the sociopathic dognapper to North Carolina. Can Rory rescue Cody and
convince Sara
that they belong together—with Cody—as a family? First they'll need to survive
a madcap
adventure that takes them through the heart of America.
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