With a change from her usual genre, Nicole Galland has written the most delightful rollicking comedy of a book that will have you laughing...and, at the end, your heart pounding as her feckless, yet charming, protagonist redeems himself in the wildest of cross country chases ever written.

This was my first book by this author. When I first started reading this book, I thought the book had great possibilities. I liked the idea that the main character Rory O’Connor a trying to be actor from Ireland needs a green card to get the job of a lifetime. He gets laid off from a job which has kept him employed for the pass year. He gets coffee with her and ends up in her bed which was a great triumph for him except for her dog......Conversation leads to a green card and she offers to marry

I like Galland's writing: not too showy, a light touch, a zippy plotline. And a romance with a dog is appealing. But this book made me work for my pleasure. The narrator, Rory, is charming as hell, but also disorganized, and impulsive. So he's too much like me to let me like him, despite his charm. Seriously, he has all my worst traits. But, here's the thing: he doesn't like his wife's dog. I don't have a dog, just several cats, but I love petting other people's dogs, and in fact, cannot drive d...

Five stars on this one in part because it is so out-of-genre for me, and yet I loved it completely. In general I read pretty broadly, but I don't often find myself in pert domestic comedies, with or without green card issues and prior-pet complications. And yet Stepdog. I went to college with Nicole Galland, so there's that; I'm not a disinterested reader, then, and we're still friends. Overall I'm behind in her books, which I enjoy. I was very surprised by this current-age story, which basicall...

Blech. He was selfish, she was awful, the ex-boyfriend was worse. Liked the dog.

I couldn't wait to dive into Stepdog by Nicole Galland because I love a good pet story. Especially when it is woven into a good contemporary setting. Overall Stepdog did not disappoint even though I found a few aspects of the book irritating.There were many things I loved about the book. First of all, the cover is great. The dog on the front seems pretty spot-on for how Cody is described so one of my main pet peeves didn't rear its ugly head (I hate it when dogs on covers do not resemble at all

This is one of those stories that I really wanted to like, but it rarely grabbed me and the few times it did, it would turn and I would be sort of bored and disliking the characters.

Well now, I wish I had taken notes to be a more detailed reviewer but I didn't because I flew through Nicole Galland's new release, Stepdog. There are a few things that made it a little gem of a novel and the most impressive is, Nicole Galland writes Rory O' Connor's POV...an Irish male, and for that I give her huge kudos, she got me. I was cheering Rory all the way. I'm from Dublin so I found all the other reviews who didn't love Rory, like I did, irritating. I think he should run for President...

Original review can be found at http://kristineandterri.blogspot.ca/2...** I received an advanced readers copy of this book from William Morrow Paperbacks via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!**Before I say anything there is something important that you need to know about me. I am a HUGE dog lover and I happen to be owned by a retriever similar in looks to the one on the cover but cuter. She is a member of my family and loved deeply. Did this impact how I felt about this boo...

this was fucking wild and not at all the campy book i expected to be full of dog and dude hijinks. FRANKLY IT GOT A LITTLE SCARY AND IM MAD HOW UNSETTLING IT GOT FOR A HOT SEC SOMETIMES. also: maybe it's just because i'm an american woman also named sara and i am obsessed with my dogs, but this fuckin dude was the biggest asshole about the dog. even after all the time he invested in rescuing her and returning her to her owner (who she's been with for over a year, while he's been with her like, t...

When Rory gets fired, it should be a bad thing. But instead it turns out to be quite a pleasant ordeal. It is, after all, the reason he gets to kiss Sara, his boss. And it's also the reason they start dating. But when Rory is offered a shot at a series lead, his immigration status presents some problematic issues. In other words: no green card, no job!Rory has a marriage offer already on the table courtesy of his cousin's widow. It would be a paper marriage, but it would definitely hinder his bu...

book 2 of 2019 I’ve started, got about half way through & just had a really hard time getting into 🤕

This book gets 2.5 stars; one for it being about a dog, two because there's an Irish guy in it, and the other half star is for me taking the time to read it. By the end I wondered how much more similar Jay could get to Patrick Bergin's character in Sleeping with the Enemy. The second half of the book is ludicrous, and the author is too full of herself throughout the entire book. The only believable part is that no matter how much a dog can drive you crazy, it is almost impossible to not fall in

My kids bought me this because of my love for furry creatures. And it wasn't terrible! I suspect they got it off the $5 shelf at Chapters, but whatever... Sarah fires Rory from his art job at the museum, but somehow they kiss and ta-da....they loooooove each other. He gets his big break on an acting job in California, and as luck would have it, Sarah is the person who will get him his green card if they marry. The only problem - Sarah's awesome golden retriever, who everyone but Rory loves. He's...

Dogs are my life so that had me biased from the beginning. While already knowing there would be some reason to track this dog across country, I did not foresee the reason and it was an interesting trick. It is well-written, a huge plus for me. bBut I really consider it a 3.5 rating for a couple of reasons. First, I suspect a few readers leave early because this book is at least 50 pages too long. I found myself repeatedly looking to see how many pages remained in a quest to just get on with it.

Stepdog is a novel that almost reads like a memoir. I picked it off the top of my TBR pile. And once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down. I could identify with the totally dog-centric Sara, Cody (the dog's) owner, but I could also realize what Rory O'Connor had to contend with.And then there was the breathless part of the book where everything hung in the balance....not giving away any spoilers here, but I absolutely could not put the book down. I had to keep reading. In fact, I read the book...

I am one that finishes a book once started but I have to say...this was hard to do. I am not sure why all the boring descriptions of various parts of this book were necessary. The last hundred pages and were the most exciting...the lead up to the main event was overwhelming in detail and provided characters that were not necessary to the plot of the story. The detail of the scenery traveling across the country were not compelling at all nor necessary to the plot. Quite frankly, the cover, which

I generally try to give a synopsis but Goodreads has given such a long one that I recommend reading it.It is my understanding that this story is somewhat autobiographical so apologies in advance for not being a fan of Stepdog. As always though while this story did not appeal to me it may very well appeal to another reader. There is a television called It’s me or the Dog which is about a woman trying to work with couples n disagreement over a dog and what the dog gets to do. Some of the behavior

I enjoyed this book!The first half held my interest a bit better than the latter half. Once Alex was introduced, I really had to suspend disbelief and the story went of the rails a bit. I really liked Rory (I totally pictured him as Roy from The IT Crowd). I adored Cody. Sara was a bit dog-loopy for me and her character never felt totally developed. At times, as much as I like dogs, I felt rather sorry for Rory. Sara was unreasonable and extremist with the dog, usually at the expense of Rory. Af...

Rory is a brat about Sara’s dog, Cody. Rory needs a green card in order to stay in the US. He falls in “love” with his friend and co-worker, Sara. She offers to marry Rory so he can stay in the country, but Rory complains so much about Cody that it makes me dislike him a lot...then he goes and gets Cody DOGNAPPED by (view spoiler)[Sara’s ex!! How Rory has to go about getting Cody back was quite entertaining and it made for a read that was hard to put down. (hide spoiler)] i hope the other books