The Truth About Love and Dogs by Lilly Bartlett…ARC Review

The Truth About Love and Dogs releases this Thursday, March 14, 2019!

Synopsis:

Four little words, uttered by her husband…
‘Oh my god,’ he gasped into her shoulder. ‘Shannon!’
There’s just one problem: her name isn’t Shannon.

Rewind six months and Scarlett and Rufus aren’t in the honeymoon stage anymore so much as the honey-should-we-bother phase. Desperate to get their sparkle back, Scarlett has plotted, planned and waxed more than any woman should have to, but none of it is working. Which makes it very hard to start the family they want.

At least her business is going strong, even if her marriage isn’t. She and her best friend spend their days tangled up in dog leads and covered in fur. Scarlett/ is the fairy dogmother, training hopeless pets like compulsive eater Barkley, impulsive Romeo Murphy and bossy Biscuit. Meanwhile, her best friend walks the dogs and pines for the man who doesn’t know she exists. Thank goodness the women have each other.

If only Scarlett could work out how to get her marriage back on track. But Rufus isn’t sharing his feelings with her. He is, though, sharing with her best friend. Her best friend, Shannon.

 

My Review:

After enjoying this author’s previous writing as Michele Gorman, and after seeing this cover and reading the synopsis, I was so eager to dive into this book.  I read it while on vacation and finished it on the flight home.  I’m sure anyone who walked up and down the aisle during that flight thought I was a crazy person because I went from smiling, to crying, to laughing, to more crying, and finally let out a happy contented sigh when I finished.  It truly read like a rom-com movie and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it.

While there were a few different story lines happening at the same time the one I became most invested in was Scarlett and Rufus’.  Man, on man, these two! The ups and downs were fantastic, emotional, relatable, real life messes any relationship is vulnerable of going through.  My heart hurt for them as I read their story and I was cheering them on as they went through a super rough patch.  You know I don’t ruin endings with spoilers but I will say their story ended beautifully (alas the happy contented sigh) and I could not have been happier.

Overall this was a great book with lots of endearing characters I’d love to see more of in the future.  If you’re looking for a story that reads as though you’re watching a fan rom-com, this is a book for you!

Thank you, Ms. Bartlett, for a fun, emotional, entertaining read!

Four Loves

Book links:

Amazon US link

Amazon UK link

 

About the author:

Lilly Bartlett’s cozy romcoms are full of laugh out loud moments, quirky characters and guaranteed happily-ever-afters. Lilly is the pen-name of Sunday Times and USA Today best-selling author, Michele Gorman, who writes best friend-girl power chick lit under her own name.

www.michelegorman.co.uk
Blog: http://michelegormanwriter.blogspot.com
Instagram: @michelegormanuk
Twitter: @MicheleGormanUK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MicheleGormanBooks

 

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