Guys & Dogs

Guys & Dogs by Elaine Fox is a cute yet intense romance involving a girl and a guy, and indirectly, a puppy. It’s almost like a fairy tale too; too good to be true. Megan Rose is a veterinarian who has recently taken over her father’s practice at the animal hospital. Divorced, she moves from another city, reconciles with her father and hopes to start life anew after her mother’s death.

One morning, a golden retriever puppy strayed into her house and into her room. The tag on the puppy says that her home is the mansion owned by Sutter Foley, a software mogul (think Bill Gates), hunky, and yes, eligible. But the problem is, he does not even like dogs. Megan pays him a visit at his mansion to return Baywatch (the pup), but he denies owning the pooch. Somehow, Megan manages to convince that he needs the pup and since he likes what he sees in Megan, he decides to keep it.

Feelings develop between The Vault (Sutter) and Megan. They do not expect things to turn out the way it did for Sutter and Megan are from two different worlds—he lives in the spotlight while hers is carefree.

Secondary characters like Georgia and Penelope, people Megan meet while walking her dog in the park, are important as supportive girlfriends. Kristen Montgomery is Sutter’s colleague and she insists on being addressed by her last name only. Montgomery lives to work and work alone. She is concerned about his involvement with Megan and tries to ‘protect’ him, fearing that Megan is a gold digger. There are also others like Briana Ellis, Sutter’s supposed girlfriend; Edna, Sutter's elderly aunt whom he loves; and Tanner Pierce, the loathsome paparazzo from National Tatler. All these people give some life to the story.

All in all, I rather enjoyed Guys and Dogs. It is predictable but still fun and exciting. I’ll be checking out Elaine Fox’s other works.